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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Coming to an intersection near you: a crime fighting device that doesn’t blink, even in the face of concerns about civil liberties. Virginia Beach has installed 19 automated license plate readers with six more to follow. The cameras can scan across several lanes of traffic, capturing tag information 24/7. What’s […]

A record number of passengers traveled through U.S. airports over Thanksgiving weekend, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday. The TSA said it screened just over 2.9 million passengers on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 2.88 million set on June 30. That was 10% more than the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year. Travel was relatively […]

Watch the WAVY Digital Desk Special Holiday Travel livestream and be prepared for your Thanksgiving holiday.

Locally the weather looks great in our region today. We have an area of high pressure to the west with a stationary front to our southeast. The weather should be good for travel in the region. Though there may be some spotty showers between Hatteras and Wilmington, NC. Temps will be in the upper 50s […]

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has reopened an investigation into alleged Tesla unintended acceleration in response to a petition. The investigation covers nearly every Tesla Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Model Y built, encompassing around 1.8 million vehicles in the U.S. It’s a reversal of an earlier decision by the NHTSA […]

The temperature is rising in much of the United States this week, and a dark, air-conditioned theater beckons as cinemas roll out summer deals.

According to a press release, the Independent Observer Program observes citizens, city services, and visitors to assess the safety of the event and whether or not its potentially violating or discriminating human rights.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Google announced the move in a blog post on Friday, calling […]

This morning was a bit rough. We had a chilly rain that covered most of the area. This caused numerous traffic accidents during the morning commute. Temps were also chilly this morning, but it was well above freezing. They were in the 40s. Winds increased out of the northeast as an area of low pressure […]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Google said Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms. The vow to sever Google traffic to New Zealand news sites — […]

Colorado park rangers discovered around 400 selfies taken by a bear on the park’s motion-triggered trail cameras.

With the 95,000-ton cargo ship Dali powerless and hurtling helplessly toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the harbor pilot commanding the vessel had just minutes to make his last, desperate attempts to avoid disaster. He declared distress, dropped anchor and, notably, called for help from nearby tugboats. Two 5,000-horsepower tugs, which only minutes earlier had […]

Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign said Saturday that it has been hacked and suggested Iranian actors were involved in stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents. The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement, but the claim comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the U.S. […]

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had mostly moved through the Sierra Nevada by early Monday but forecasters warned that more snow was on the way for Northern California mountains. Sections of Interstate 80 to the west and north of Lake Tahoe were still shut down late Sunday, […]

A barrage of high-profile lawsuits in a New York federal court will test the future of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products that wouldn’t be so eloquent had they not ingested huge troves of copyrighted human works. But are AI chatbots — in this case, widely commercialized products made by OpenAI and its business partner […]

The Biden administration said Friday it will invest more money in aviation safety and consider requiring planes to be equipped with technology designed to prevent close calls around airports. The moves come after a string of close calls at airports around the country. Federal investigators have begun looking into seven such incidents since January, and […]

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A major highway was closed and ski resorts were shut down Sunday as the effects of a powerful blizzard continued to cause problems across the Sierra Nevada, and forecasters warned that more heavy snow was on the way for Northern California. Sections of Interstate 80 to the west and north of […]

BOSTON (AP) — In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group claimed responsibility, saying it flooded the sites with junk traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft […]

CHICAGO (AP) — After a retinal disease left him legally blind, architect John Gleichman was struck by a taxicab while walking home near Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo — at the same intersection where a 4-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver years earlier. Although Maya Hirsch’s death in 2006 ignited a citywide crusade for […]