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Supreme Court rejects bid to extend legal protections for gun silencers

The Supreme Court rejected a bid to have silencers protected by the Second Amendment in a ruling Monday -- just days after one was used in the Virginia Beach massacre....

Silencer used in Virginia Beach shooting made it deadlier: survivor

The silencer used by the gunman who massacred 12 of his co-workers at a Virginia Beach municipal building made his carnage even more lethal, a survivor said. Christi Dewar thought...

Shaken employees back at work after Virginia Beach massacre

Employees at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center returned to work Monday — less than 72 hours after a deranged, gun-wielding ex-employee massacred 12 people there. Workers returned to the school...

Virginia Beach shooting survivor was spared three times during massacre

A Virginia Beach city worker was confronted by gunman DeWayne Craddock three heart-stopping times during the workplace slaughter — but was spared each time. Ned Carlstrom said he assumed it...

Hero clerk died trying to save colleagues during Virginia Beach shooting

A hero account clerk died in the Virginia Beach massacre after leaving a safe spot to try to save his work friends, it emerged Sunday. Pastor's son Ryan Keith Cox,...

Virginia Beach gunman DeWayne Craddock quit job hours before massacre

Virginia Beach gunman DeWayne Craddock had quit his city job just hours before launching his massacre, officials confirmed Sunday. Craddock, 40, emailed his two-weeks' notice as a civil engineer on...

Virginia Beach gunman had been violent with co-workers before shooting: report

The gunman who shot 12 people dead at a Virginia Beach municipal building had been facing disciplinary action for a violent fight at work, according to a report. DeWayne Craddock,...

Motive still a mystery in Virginia Beach shooting

Cops in Virginia Beach are still probing why an engineer in the town's public works department showed up to work with two .45 caliber handguns and methodically gunned down his...

Trump tweets condolences in wake of Virginia Beach shooting

President Trump tweeted his sympathies to the victims of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach. “Spoke to Virginia Governor @RalphNortham last night, and the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Virginia...

New details emerge about alleged Virginia Beach shooter

Like many veteran civil engineers, DeWayne Antonio Craddock was a methodical man — no less so as he stalked the three floors of his Virginia Beach workplace, at the city...

All 12 Virginia Beach massacre victims identified

They were moms, churchgoers, musicians, and good neighbors. One man worked for the city for over four decades. Others had just months on the job. The five women and seven...

Virginia Beach shooter reportedly ID'd as longtime city employee

The suspected gunman who allegedly murdered 12 people and wounded several others in a mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building was identified as 40-year-old DeWayne A. Craddock, reports...

Gunman kills 12, leaves multiple injured in mass shooting at Virginia Beach Municipal Center

A disgruntled city employee opened fire at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on Friday afternoon, killing 12 people before being shot dead by police, authorities said. Multiple people, including a...

Beach left covered in 10 tons of trash after Memorial Day bash

Virginia Beach residents are fuming that 10 tons of trash were left behind on the shoreline by Memorial Day weekend partiers. Photos and videos shared on Facebook show mountains of...

80-year-old cold case killings suspect extradited to Virginia

He's not looking so tough now. The octogenarian arrested in New York last week for the 1973 murder of two teenage girls in Virginia Beach struggled to stay upright as...

Cracked cold case from 1973 gives closure to Virginia cops

The double murder of two teenage girls in Virginia Beach was the case that got away for the team of detectives that worked it 45 years ago, the Chief of...

80-year-old busted for 1973 cold-case slayings in Virginia Beach

A nearly half-century-old cold-case murder of two young women in Virginia has finally been cracked with the arrest of an 80-year-old man in New York, police said Tuesday. Ernest Broadnax...

Onlookers witness great white sharks feasting on dead whale

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Fishing boats off the East Coast recently encountered a rare sight: Two great whites feasting on a 50-foot dead whale. The Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday that the whale was...

Wedding crasher seen stealing bride and groom's gift envelopes

Police in Virginia Beach are searching for a woman suspected of crashing a wedding and absconding with the bride and groom’s gift envelopes presumably loaded with cash, checks and gift...

Uber driver charged with raping passenger

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — An Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly abducting and sexually assaulting a woman who called for a ride. Sewanou Yoro has been charged with abduction,...