Navy awards $9.5 billion submarine contract for work at Electric Boat’s...
The Navy has announced a proposed $9.5 billion contract with General Dynamics' Electric Boat to build the first two submarines of a new generation of ballistic missile vessels.
View ArticleNewport News Confederate monument may not be moved until October
The Newport News City Council discussed the future of its Confederate monument in Denbigh, which was dedicated in 1909 in what was Warwick County at the time.
View ArticleQasim Rashid wins Democratic nomination in 1st Congressional District, will...
The lawyer from Stafford County is on course to become the Democratic challenger to U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman in the sprawling 1st Congressional District, but more than 8,500 absentee ballots have yet to...
View ArticleBusch Gardens to remain closed in Phase 3
The president of the park criticized Gov. Ralph Northam’s guidelines that group the giant theme park with smaller, enclosed entertainment facilities.
View ArticleWhere to get tested for COVID-19 in Hampton Roads and northeastern North...
Here's where to get a tests in Hampton Roads and northeastern North Carolina.
View ArticlePercent of positive coronavirus tests continues to decline in Virginia
About 8,000 tests were reported overnight and 520 additional cases.
View ArticleChesapeake doctor accused of doing unnecessary surgeries now faces more than...
Dr. Javaid Perwaiz was indicted Friday on 26 counts of health care fraud, 33 counts of making false statements related to health care matters and four counts of identity theft.
View ArticleYoung immigrants, advocacy groups in Hampton Roads find relief in Supreme...
After nearly three years of uncertainty, approximately 700,000 young immigrants will continue to remain protected after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump could not...
View ArticleUS dentists quickly rebuild after virus shutdown
By April, only 3% of dental offices were open for non-emergency care.
View ArticleEvangelical Liberty University rattled by its own racial reckoning
Interviews with more than a dozen current and former students and employees point to significant doubt that the school’s culture is as welcoming as it claims.
View Article2 Newport News beaches under swimming advisories
Bacteria levels in samples collected Tuesday at Hilton and Huntington beaches exceeded the state’s water quality standards.
View ArticleNorth Carolina requires face coverings statewide
North Carolina’s governor said the state currently has sufficient hospital capacity, but that could quickly change if virus trends don’t improve.
View ArticleVirginia’s expanded background checks law faces challenge in court
The law, set to go into effect July 1, is one of seven gun control measures passed by the General Assembly this year. It requires a background check for any firearm sale, even between private individuals.
View ArticleCameron Webb’s victory in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District shows...
“I feel like the moment is one that my campaign is literally built for,” Webb said in an interview with The Associated Press a day after he handily won the Democratic primary in Virginia’s 5th...
View ArticleWhite nationalist Richard Spencer avoids jail over unpaid legal fees
Spencer had owed more than $60,000 in fees to Joyce Funda, the court-appointed “guardian ad litem” who represented the interests of Spencer’s two children in the divorce proceedings.
View ArticleTidewater Community College campus in Chesapeake closed after employee tests...
“We are taking this action out of an abundance of caution,” said spokesperson Marian Anderfuren.
View ArticleBrehanna Daniels — NASCAR’s first black female pit crew member — talks about...
Daniels says NASCAR has enough troubles with racism. And the past few weeks have been an emotional roller coaster.
View ArticleFewer than 500 cases reported overnight in Virginia as the percentage of...
Virginia Beach has the highest number of cases in the region.
View ArticleContainer ship held off Virginia Beach after several crew members test...
The 958-foot Maersk Idaho, which has about 20 people on board, won't go back in service until it's cleaned and a new crew is brought in.
View ArticleNASA naming headquarters for former Langley engineer
Mary Jackson was NASA's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film “Hidden Figures.”
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