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| Sep 2, 2026 | Sculpture unveiled at the African Landing Memorial at Virginia’s Fort Monroe was years in the making | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The sculpture was several years in the making, inspired by an enslaved African man and woman who arrived here in 1619 and gave birth to the first documented child of African descent baptized in the... |
| Aug 27, 2026 | An Army employee’s family moved onto Fort Eustis. Then their housing problems began. | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Ryan and Elise Hawkins moved into their five-bedroom townhome on Fort Eustis in southeastern Virginia in March 2020.
Just a couple of weeks later, they noticed a leak in the upstairs bathroom and b... |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Navy to implement new missing sailor status in light of petty officer’s death | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The secretary of the Navy outlined several policy updates in response to a request for a public investigation into the death of Petty Officer Angelina Resendiz.
In May, U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, ... |
| Aug 6, 2026 | A Roomba for ticks? Researchers pilot remote-controlled tick prevention | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
CHESAPEAKE, Va. — As Virginia sees an uptick in tick-related illnesses, a “Roomba” type technology dubbed a TickBot may be the answer to fighting off the pesky parasites.
A group of researchers at ... |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Review of deadly Old Dominion shooting: University’s threat assessment was effective | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
NORFOLK, Va. — The independent review of the deadly March shooting inside Old Dominion University’s Constant Hall concluded that the university had an effective threat assessment infrastructure in ... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Southern US enters a second week of biting cold and prolonged outages | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, TRAVIS LOLLER and RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Four homes blasted by icy winds on an eroding North Carolina island collapsed into the ocean and Florida fa... |
| Jan 4, 2026 | He builds tables for Dungeons & Dragons players. They sell for over $10,000 a pop | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
The proud hunter mounts the busts of his prey, reminders of conquests on many an adventure, deep in the wilds.
But no taxidermic deer, moose or antelope hang in his home. His walls are adored with ... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Another school shooting serves as a reminder of our complacency (Editorial) | Here’s a brief news quiz.
Last week, a shooter opened fire at a Catholic church where students were attending Mass to mark the first day of school.
In what city did this happen? What was the name of the school? How many children were killed... |
| Aug 17, 2025 | So you’re thinking about getting into pickleball? Here are some tips | We played at a public pickleball court and then joined a friend for doubles at his club. My husband continued playing at his friend’s club for several months. Now, our paddles are dusty. It’s been almost a year since we’ve picked up our pad... |
| May 9, 2025 | Hurricane season is coming. Here’s what forecasters predict for the East Coast | The Atlantic basin finished the 2024 season with 18 named storms, 11 hurricanes and five intensified to major hurricanes. Five hurricanes made landfall in the continental U.S., with two storms making landfall as major hurricanes.
“So far, t... |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Editorials | Editorial: Trump administration’s response to DC air crash is cause for alarm | Trump has never been the “comforter-in-chief,” but his disregard for the families and friends of the victims was still stunning in its callousness. Asked if he would visit the crash site to thank first responders recovering the dead, the pr... |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: More aggressive response needed to protect food supply from bird flu | Again, the risk to humans from this virus isn’t great — so far. But five Colorado poultry workers recently tested positive for the virus — that is cause for some alarm.
Those who work with livestock are at the greatest risk, though the USDA... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | Don’t fall for this scam using vacant properties to target renters and homebuyers, expert warns | The scammers either re-key the door or use an electronic code distributor to gain access to a house and then share it with the consumer. Often, they suggest that the consumer re-key the house themselves, but only after providing a deposit, ... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Americans are unhappier than ever. Two officials want to address that. | For U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, the report confirmed something they had been discussing for a while: that despite the high quality of life many Americans enjoy, people seem m... |
| May 30, 2024 | Invest in Health: New Primer from CapShift Unlocks Pathways to Health Equity and Innovation | NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In 2022, charitable giving to health-related causes reached over $51 billion and a recent survey found that more than one third of donors gave to a health-related caus... |
| May 29, 2024 | 6th house in 4 years collapses into Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks | Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials.
About one mil... |
| May 24, 2024 | Losing the Lost Cause: Virginia should reject Confederacy, honor true history | The Shenandoah County School Board’s vote reverting the names of Honey Run Elementary School and Mountain View High School to names that honor Confederate generals shows an ignorance of American and Virginian history. The decision warrants ... |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Here are his 13 best and 13 worst ones. | Entertainment Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Here are his 13 best and 13 worst ones.
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| Jul 17, 2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Питер Данье, Матиас Маду, Фатема Бейдун, Колин Вонг, Джаап Каран Сингх, Натан Десмет, Джон Фицджеральд, соучредители Secure Code Warrior
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| Jul 17, 2023 | Charted: Richmond police's lax traffic enforcement | Data: VDOT, Virginia Department of State Police; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
It's not your imagination.
What's happening: Police in Richmond are extremely lax when it comes to traffic enforcement.
Officers working in the city averaged the... |
| May 22, 2023 | Editorials
Editorials | Editorial: Don’t let congressional office attack dim the attraction of public service | Only hours into her first day on the job, an intern for U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly was attacked in the congressman’s Fairfax office on Monday by a baseball bat-wielding assailant. Another staffer was injured and the alleged attacker smashed w... |
| May 19, 2023 | Health
Health | One scientist has spent 30 years trying to understand and treat Gulf War Illness | Ian Munro | The Virginian-Pilot (TNS)
Dr. Robert Haley still has questions.
“You’re always just trying to relieve this frustration that you don’t know the answer,” Haley said.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researcher i... |
| May 19, 2023 | A 26-year-old developer whose firm owns 40 acres of land in Richmond explains why he's betting on the capital of Virginia — and why he would personally invest in real estate there | Harsh Thakker co-founded Dorado Capital in 2019. Courtesy of Harsh Thakker This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| May 16, 2023 | Age Verification Laws Are Terrible | Free Speech Coalition, a trade group representing the adult entertainment industry, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah to overturn Senate Bill (SB) 287 – the new law that requires age verification for all ad... |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Photos show how rising sea levels are washing away a small seaside town in North Carolina | Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/Getty Images
A town on North Carolina's Outer Banks made headlines last year when three homes co... |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Proposed Virginia menhaden ban blocked by state’s legislature | A bill that would force the shutdown of the menhaden reduction fishery in the U.S. state of Virginia has been tabled by the state’s legislature.
The menhaden fishery ran into issues with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s office in July 202... |
| Nov 25, 2022 | Walmart shooting victims include a 16-year-old helping his family, a mom with wedding plans and a longtime employee | A 16-year-old helping his family. A custodian and father of two. A mother with wedding plans. A happy-go-lucky guy. A longtime employee. That's how friends and family described some of the six people killed at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virgi... |
| Oct 19, 2022 | How First-Time College Football Head Coaches Have Fared Since Taking Over Prior To Virus-Disrupted 2020 | WACO, TX: Head coach Dave Aranda of the Baylor Bears looks on from the sidelines against the Albany ... [+] Great Danes at McLane Stadium on September 3, 2022. (Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Omega Protein says fish release that closed Virginia beaches "a pretty rare event" | Reedville, Virginia, U.S.A.-based Omega Protein – the largest harvester of Atlantic menhaden in the U.S. – said a recent fish release incident is a rare event that has since been cleaned up.
The fish release incident garnered media attentio... |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Exclusive: Leadout Capital raises $57.7 million to invest in ‘resilient’ founders | This is the web version of The Broadsheet, a daily newsletter for and about the world’s most powerful women. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Yelp will cover abortion travel costs for employe... |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Police chief says fight over spilled drink led to shooting that killed 2 people, including reporter Sierra Jenkins | An argument over a spilled drink led to a shooting that killed two people, including a reporter, and injured three others outside a downtown Norfolk restaurant and bar over the weekend, according to the city's police chief.
Chief Larry Boon... |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Editor called reporter to cover Virginia shooting before realizing she had been killed | A Virginia newspaper reporter was one of two people killed during a shooting early Saturday outside a restaurant and bar, authorities said. Sierra Jenkins, 25, who covered education for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, died at Sentara Norfol... |
| Feb 27, 2022 | A man is suing Amazon for $100 million after claiming that a collision with a delivery driver resulted in him losing a leg | Amazon is being sued by a man who said he suffered injuries from a crash with a delivery driver.
The incident resulted in the man having his leg amputated, according to a lawsuit.
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| Feb 24, 2022 | Reflections on the future of Black entrepreneurship | Jeannine A. Cook held a grand opening for Harriett’s Bookshop in Philadelphia on February 1, 2020, just before the start of the pandemic. Courtesy of Jeannine A. Cook
In 2020, a racial reckoning in the US led to a sociopolitical shift.
In 2... |
| Oct 7, 2021 | The US Navy is spending another $7.5 million as it decides what to do with the first nuke-powered carrier to leave service | An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean, August 12, 2010. US Navy/Stacy Laseter
When USS Enterprise was commissioned in 1961, it was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to enter service.
Enterprise ... |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Here are his 13 best and 13 worst ones. | Nicolas Cage has been in over 100 movies. Millennium Entertainment,The Film Arcade,Freestyle Releasing
Nicolas Cage is an actor known for films like “National Treasure” and “Face/Off.”
His best-rated films are “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderve... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Canopy Growth’s acquisition spree | Workers harvest a fresh crop of marijuana at the Loving Kindness Farms in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Richard Vogel
Welcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where we’re bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and personalities... |
| Mar 10, 2021 | Editorial Roundup: US | Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
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The Virginian Pilot & Daily Press on marking one year since the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a global pandemic:
Where were you when t... |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Disqualifying Insurrectionists and Rebels: A How-To Guide | In recent days, several scholars and lawmakers have suggested that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment might be used to bar Donald Trump and some of his allies from ever holding federal or state office again. The Section 3 route is a plausible ... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | The Navy’s newest carrier, once criticised as a ‘floating barge,’ may be ready for action sooner than expected | A E-2C Hawkeye approaches USS Gerald R. Ford, August 4, 2020. US Navy/MCS Seaman Riley McDowell
Delays, cost overruns, and technological glitches on the USS Gerald R. Ford grew so frustrating that the Navy and lawmakers clashed publicly ove... |
| Nov 24, 2020 | New York’s Covid Comeback Must Target Equitable Growth | NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 20: People wearing masks walk past the newly opened holiday windows at ... [+] Macy's Herald Square on November 20, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic has caused long-term repercussions throughout the tourism ... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Coca-Cola is killing off a regional favourite ginger ale but die-hard fans aren’t giving up the fight to save their favourite ‘zombie’ brand | Northern Neck Ginger Ale. Margaret M. Ransone
Coca-Cola plans to drop 200 brands, including Tab and Zico, by the end of the year.
A few of these drinks have dedicated followings trying to save them.
Fans of Northern Neck Ginger Ale, a regio... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | RESULTS: Nick Freitas squares off against Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District | First-term Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger will face off against Republican Nick Freitas in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.
Spanberger has raised over four times more than her opponent, Freitas.
The district is one of 30 which was... |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Experimentation Propels Virginia’s Wine Industry | Virginia vineyard in the fall Virginia Wines |
| Oct 14, 2020 | Can Faculty Save A College’s Olympic Sports Programs? William & Mary Might Just Provide A Test Case | Virginia, Colonial Williamsburg, College of William and Mary, historic campus walkway with studentsUniversal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Aug 18, 2020 | Researchers Think They Solved the Mystery of America's 'Lost Colony' | It’s a "mystery" older than the United States and one every American kid learns in school. British settlers attempted to settle on Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina in 1587. The colony’s supplies were low and some of ... |
| May 14, 2020 | Despite early season fears, Chesapeake blue crab selling for record prices | In March, the closure of most U.S. restaurants just as the blue crab season in Virginia and Maryland was getting started had retailers, processors, and watermen afraid that the bottom would drop out of the market.
Initial reports in local m... |
| May 6, 2020 | Fisheries in Maryland, Virginia losing millions due to COVID-19 shutdowns | Fisheries along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland and Virginia are, like many other fisheries in the country, facing an economic crisis as restaurant shutdowns cause decreases in demand.
The region’s two most iconic fisheries – blue crab and o... |
| Feb 17, 2020 | Why medical school should start at age 28 | American medicine is at a crossroads as doctors begin to reject a cruel, exhausting educational model and a minefield-ridden practice landscape. Hands wring over the worsening physician shortage, yet little happens to ease physicians’ admin... |
| Feb 10, 2020 | The Hampton Roads Tech Ecosystem at a Glance | This is part of our Inno on the Road Series, where we explore and showcase a neighboring ecosystem. Inno on the Road: Hampton Roads, which will feature a couple new stories a month and an event in May, is presented by BDO.
With a tangled we... |
| Oct 10, 2019 | Court Orders Virginia Beach Bitcoin Mining Company to Liquidate | BCause Mining LLC, a Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm in Virginia Beach, United States was ordered by a federal judge to liquidate its assets and shut down operations, according to a report by local news publication, Pilot Online.
The court order ... |
| Oct 9, 2019 | Immigrants Went to This California Woman for Green Cards and Work Visas. She Allegedly Scammed Them out of More Than $100K. | A California woman pitching herself as an immigration consultant was recently indicted for defrauding clients to the tune of more than $100,000, the Virginian-Pilot reports.
Through her seemingly unlicensed business, called Professional U.S... |
| Mar 19, 2019 | Officer's Body Cam Fails To Capture Footage Of Woman Shooting Herself In The Head While Her Hands Were Cuffed Behind Her | There’s more than one contortionist performance going on here. (h/t Greg Doucette) |
| Apr 13, 2018 | Truework seeks to usurp Equifax's employee verification dominance | As Equifax faces scrutiny around handling sensitive employee data, Truework emerges
I stayed roughly nine months at my first job at JP Morgan, and then a year at my next job, before going to graduate school. Then I had five jobs at the same... |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Leaders of black market eel ring in Virginia and Maine given prison sentences | Eighteen harvesters of baby eels who made more than USD 4 million (EUR 3.4 million) on the black market have pleaded guilty to poaching in South Carolina, Virginia, and Maine.
The eels, also known as “glass eels” or “elvers,” were sold to b... |
| Jun 20, 2017 | “Internet of Ships” tells tale of USS Fitzgerald tragedy—or half of it | Enlarge / The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) returns to Fleet Activities (FLEACT) Yokosuka following a collision with a merchant vessel while operating southwest of Yokosuka, Japan in June, 2017.
US Nav... |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Jounce Therapeutics prices IPO beyond expectations (Updated) | The early stage biotech company, with a focus on cancer immunotherapy and targeted therapeutics, has raised $102 million in private funding to date, from investors such as Third Rock.
Jounce is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ... |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Monarch Mortgage ex-CEO arrested on charge of fraud | The Monarch Mortgage former president and CEO was indicted on charges of concealing over $1 million in assets several years ago when he declared bankruptcy, according to an article by Scott Daugherty and Cindy Clayton for The Virginian Pilo... |
| May 18, 2016 | Navy Releases Full Video Footage of Russian Fighter Jets Buzzing US Warship in the Baltic | The US Navy has released about a dozen videos that show Russian fighter jets and a helicopter "buzzing" a US Navy destroyer in the Baltic Sea.
The incidents occurred over a two-day period last month, and were first documented in a... |
| May 15, 2016 | This Week In College Sports Biz: Big 12 Expansion, C-USA and Pac-12 Television Woes And More | |
| Mar 7, 2016 | Virginia’s governor just signed the nation’s first daily fantasy sports law | Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe just signed into law the “Fantasy Contests Act,” which is a legal framework for fantasy sports providers that operate in the state.
The bill, which was approved by the Virginia legislature a few weeks ago, ... |
| Feb 29, 2016 | Virginia Senate Votes To Exempt Police Officers' Information From FOIA Responses | Way to go, Virginia. In a time when police accountability is (finally!) a mainstream media topic, the Virginia state legislature is having none of it. Prompted by a recent court decision granting The Virginian-Pilot access to police employm... |
| Feb 8, 2016 | Appeals Court Tells City It Can't Use Its Terribly-Written Zoning Laws To Censor Speech | Here’s a fun free speech win from the 4th Circuit Appeals Court. Well, it’s at least a fun read, especially when the judges go after the city of Norfolk’s highly-questionable claim that its completely inconsistent zoning statute isn’t loade... |
| Canopy Growth's acquisition spree | Workers harvest a fresh crop of marijuana at the Loving Kindness Farms in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Richard Vogel
Welcome to Insider Cannabis, our weekly newsletter where we're bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and personalities... |
| Jounce Therapeutics prices IPO beyond expectations (Updated) | Jounce Therapeutics has raised $101.8 million for its initial public offering after pricing the IPO at $16 per share, according to a company news release. The price exceeded initial projections of $13 to $15 per share.
Reaffirming its new v... |
| Climate Crisis Weekly: Virginians showed they care about climate change on voting day, more | Virginia Democrats campaigned on fighting the climate crisis and won.
The official word[s] of the year for 2019? “Climate strike.”
New Zealand passes a law that sets 2050 as its net zero target year.
An offshore wind farm in Rhode Island pr... |
| Missy Elliott donates $50,000 to Virginia housing organization—it was enough to pay for 26 families’ past-due rents | Missy Elliott is celebrating her lifetime of success by paying it forward in her home state of Virginia.
Last year, October 17 was declared “Missy Elliott Day” in the state. To celebrate the first anniversary of the holiday, Elliott donated... |
| The US Navy is spending another $7.5 million as it decides what to do with the first nuclear-powered carrier to leave service | An F/A-18F Super Hornet launches from USS Enterprise in the Atlantic Ocean in 2010. US Navy/Stacy Laseter
When USS Enterprise was commissioned in 1961, it was the US's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Enterprise was deactivated in 20... |