A court has now declared a tie in a Virginia legislative election that one day earlier appeared to have gone to a Democrat by a single vote.

A woman and her adult son have been convicted of trying to extort money from the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain by claiming they found a dead mouse in a bowl of soup while celebrating Mother’s Day in 2004.

Amid intense jockeying by two military communities, the US Navy said its newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, will be based in San Diego when it is completed.