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Hampton Roads inmates’ art at Chrysler Museum illustrates stories of sadness, hope and time passing by
The Chrysler Museum of Art invited inmates in local jails to submit works that personalize their stories, illustrate life behind bars and symbolize societal challenges.
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![The conventional wisdom about private mortgage insurance (PMI) has long been that borrowers should try to avoid it. The conventional wisdom about private mortgage insurance (PMI) has long been that borrowers should try to avoid it.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/BIZ-REAL-BANKRATE-DMT-2.jpg?w=525)
As mortgage insurance gets cheaper, PMI becomes less of ‘a dirty word’
The conventional wisdom about private mortgage insurance (PMI) has long been that borrowers should try to avoid it.
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![Check what's closed on Monday. Hampton Roads Transit will operate on regular schedules. Check what's closed on Monday. Hampton Roads Transit will operate on regular schedules.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2021/04/22/YGXSTGWRLEZRYXDBMWSFYWACDU.jpg?w=535)
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How government services will be affected by the Presidents Day holiday on Monday
Check what's closed on Monday. Hampton Roads Transit will operate on regular schedules.
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![More than 400 prospective students were mistakenly sent acceptance emails from William & Mary Law School because of a technical error in the admissions process. More than 400 prospective students were mistakenly sent acceptance emails from William & Mary Law School because of a technical error in the admissions process.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/H2PXONU4Y5EJDL36OKVWV47S44.jpg?w=620)
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William & Mary Law School mistakenly sends more than 400 acceptance emails
More than 400 prospective students were mistakenly sent acceptance emails from William & Mary Law School because of a technical error in the admissions process.
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![A woman died in a shooting on Corkwood Circle on Friday afternoon. A woman died in a shooting on Corkwood Circle on Friday afternoon.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/QO5WTYCHOFGWPBDHDIZAZSKSOY-1.jpg?w=620)
Woman dies in shooting in Chesapeake
A woman died in a shooting on Corkwood Circle on Friday afternoon.
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![Rebounding from last month’s five-game losing streak, the Cavaliers (12-12, 5-8 ACC) have subsequently won four of six, including their last two. Rebounding from last month’s five-game losing streak, the Cavaliers (12-12, 5-8 ACC) have subsequently won four of six, including their last two.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TVP-Rohde-Sanchez.jpg?w=525)
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Thanks to Andrew Rohde and Tobi Lawal, UVA and Hokies are trending up entering rematch
Rebounding from last month’s five-game losing streak, the Cavaliers (12-12, 5-8 ACC) have subsequently won...
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Grassfield High names Mike Biehl as its new head football coach
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![Chase Mullen has gone from a raw, timid player as a junior into a leader and enforcer in the paint for the Dolphins this season. Chase Mullen has gone from a raw, timid player as a junior into a leader and enforcer in the paint for the Dolphins this season.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/TVP-L-SP-RUBAMA-MULLEN-0214-SMK-003.jpg?w=439)
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Larry Rubama: Son of former ODU, Bayside star Mario Mullen carries a ‘legacy that his father left behind’
Chase Mullen has gone from a raw, timid player as a junior into a leader...
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![The price of cocoa beans may turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it once was. The price of cocoa beans may turn the gift of love into a bigger financial commitment than it once was.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Valentines_Chocolate_Crunch_35479.jpg?w=525)
Chocolate love has its price on Valentine’s Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter
The price of cocoa beans may turn the gift of love into a bigger financial...
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This year, the best Valentine’s Day chocolates come in bars
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Column: Vice President Vance is playing a dangerous legal game
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Column: Is Congress fine with giving up its war powers?
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![Defrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges. Defrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-52200119.jpg?w=500)
Today in History: February 15, former priest sentenced on child rape charges
Defrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison...
Military
![The Truman, which is based in Norfolk, deployed in September to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It had just completed a port call in Souda Bay, Greece. The Truman, which is based in Norfolk, deployed in September to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It had just completed a port call in Souda Bay, Greece.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/TVP-L-NW-DEPLOYMENT-0924-KW-06.jpg?w=525)
USS Harry S. Truman collides with ship near Egypt; no injuries reported
The Truman, which is based in Norfolk, deployed in September to the Mediterranean and the...
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![The order halted federal funding for institutions that provide the care and exclude coverage. The order halted federal funding for institutions that provide the care and exclude coverage.](https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trump_Transgender_Health_Care_24266_bbfa5b.jpg?w=525)
Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth
The order halted federal funding for institutions that provide the care and exclude coverage.
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