More than 2,000 voters have registered as members of North Carolina’s newest political party. Some observers are questioning whether the voters might have signed up for the No Labels Party by mistake — and will lose their chance to vote in next year’s primary.

School divisions across the Commonwealth are rushing to complete applications for hundreds of millions in legislatively approved funding to address learning loss.

In Senate District 17 in Virginia’s Southside, Democratic Del. Clint Jenkins is battling Republican Del. Emily Brewer.

Advocacy organization Oceana says the majority of speeding vessels were cargo ships.