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Virginia Beach beefs up its proposed $2.6 billion budget with last minute additions
New funding for the arts, the hiring of 30 firefighters and financial support for a community football league are among some of the recommended additions to the city's proposed fiscal year 2025 budget announced at Tuesday's City Council meeting.
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Card issuers have a lot of leeway in terms of when and how they can make changes to your account. Some changes may be unwelcome, but others can work in your favor.
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Fact check: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about a ban on NIH research about mass shootings
Is the NIH barred from researching mass shootings? That’s what presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said recently.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to remove pipe, test soil at closed Buxton beach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract to remove a pipe that is allegedly leaking petroleum contaminants onto the beach near Buxton Beach Access on Hatteras Island and to test the soil around it.
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In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
President Joe Biden condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”
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Former great Andre Cason brings national track and field qualifier meet to Hampton Roads
The Elite Scholastic Outdoor meet on Saturday at Churchland High qualifies the top two finishers in...
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757Teamz High Fives: Norview softball slugger blasts two grand slams, finishes with 10 RBIs
Each week we highlight some standout performances from spring sports, along with a photo from...
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Portsmouth man acquitted of murder after judge rules he acted in self defense
A Portsmouth Circuit Court judge determined that Jamal Simms had acted in self defense when...
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Editorial: The ongoing rise in antisemitism should rally Virginians to action
Virginia has served as a bulwark against religious intolerance for more than two centuries and...
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Column: The anatomy of an Israel-Hamas hostage deal
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Letters for May 8: Protect “reasonably unruly” protests
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Scientists say they are learning basics of sperm whale language
Diana Reiss, a marine mammal behavior and communication expert at the City University of New...
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Sailor, one of 35 injured in hovercraft collision during training mishap, transported to Portsmouth hospital
The collision happened Wednesday off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Five of the 35 sailors...
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