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No students in Newport News Public Schools will have to worry about lunch money when they come back from summer break.
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BREAKING: A federal grand jury has indicted Congressional candidate Shaun Brown, of Hampton, on charges of fraud and theft of government property
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He grew up in a trailer in Gloucester County. Now, his books are known all over the world.
Author S.A. Cosby reflects on his past while preparing for a promotional tour for his newest novel.
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Hampton, Newport News decide to stop prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana possession cases
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Trump takes California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Montana in GOP primaries.
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BREAKING: Virginia's deadline to register to vote has been extended until 11:59 p.m. Thursday, according to AG Mark Herring
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Shelly Simonds to legally challenge tie results in 94th District race
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1st Gen Z candidate, Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost, wins Florida US House seat
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Man serves as own lawyer in Hampton murder case, convicted of all charges
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Teen who killed Warwick High students sentenced to 168 years in prison
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NASA Langley's new Katherine Johnson computer lab ushers in new age of computation
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.
@BriaKelly
back home in Smithfield — is seeing 'The Voice' in a different way now [VIDEO]
http://t.co/Hmmsm8QQLb
http://t.co/ds1AMK9wKp
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Because of CNU’s lack of reporting on the coronavirus, when 57 students were in quarantine on Sept. 25, the student body had no idea — until an alumnus and an insider teamed up to release the info.
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BREAKING: Christopher Newport University wins first NCAA national title in softball, capping a 47-1 season. 🏆🥎
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Three years and two months after they were forever linked, two complete strangers finally embraced.
Rusty Plemons, once a deathly ill cancer patient, and Mark Williamson, whose selfless act saved him.
@WMTribeFootball
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Daily Press senior columnist
@DavidTeelatDP
to be inducted to U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame
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The first item on Gov. Ralph Northam's agenda was discussing the recent protests over the police restraint death of George Floyd.
He pledged to take action to address police brutality and the killing of African Americans at the hands of police officers.
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Hampton University’s Deondre Francois enters NFL Draft, will play in Hula Bowl
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A waiver for out-of-state doctors. Expanded testing for those who will live in nursing homes and jails.
These are some the changes going into effect after an executive order signed Friday by Gov. Ralph Northam.
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The National Sports Media Association named the Daily Press'
@DavidTeelatDP
the Virginia Sportswriter of the Year. Teel has won the honor each of the past seven years, eight of the past nine and 11 times over the course of his illustrious career.
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Michael Vick donates to renovate Boys and Girls Club teen room
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Trey Baker, a junior at Hampton University, was one of three winners of a nationwide design contest for Target’s 2022 Black History Month collection.
His design will be on sweatshirts and journals in stores across the country and online through February.
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BREAKING: The mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in the Richneck Elementary School shooting has been charged with felony neglect and allowing her child to access her unsecured firearm.
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FBI arrests suspected neo-Nazis who planned to travel to Richmond gun rally for “race war,” report says
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Iverson helps fund new basketball court at Newport News Boys and Girls Club he once attended
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Reminder: Hampton University's marching band is performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow, which will be broadcast from 9 a.m. to noon.
(📸:
@tspraguephoto
/Daily Press)
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A Hampton student is developing an app to address the timeless college dilemma of thinking "we all have certain things that we want to do, but don’t necessarily want to do by ourselves."
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William & Mary legend Jimmye Laycock is being inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame this weekend.
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NBCUniversal News Group announced a $6.5 million journalism training program Thursday that will include Hampton University.
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Students write hundreds of letters to NASA's 'hidden figure' Katherine Johnson
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Correction: The whale is 10,000 pounds. We apologize for the error.
Officials: Dead 10,000-foot whale found near Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
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Captain D's employee charged with robbery of Newport News restaurant
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Hampton teen charged with first-degree murder in Sept. 28 fatal shooting in Newport News
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Fans of
@BriaKelly
turned out to watch her motorcade roll down Main Street in Smithfield.
http://t.co/9b06Yp1Nls
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BREAKING: Person shot dead at Menchville High School in Newport News after boys basketball game
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Tabb High School graduate appointed to USDA by Biden-Harris administration
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After 94th District recount in Newport News, Democrat Shelly Simonds wins by one vote
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VIDEO:
#Hermione2015
arrives in Yorktown to kick off weekend of history, fun
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BREAKING: A jury ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against Amber Heard.
The jury awarded Depp $15 million in damages, while Heard was awarded $2 million.
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"Virginia should decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, address past convictions and start moving toward legal and regulated adult use."
—
@MarkHerringVA
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We are devastated to report that Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press reporter Sierra Jenkins was among the victims of an overnight shooting in downtown Norfolk. She was 25.
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Gov. Ralph Northam wants to jumpstart the post-pandemic economy of Virginia by steering federal dollars to local businesses.
That’s what he said Monday afternoon, under the shadow of King Neptune at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront.
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BREAKING: Democrat Elaine Luria defeats Republican incumbent Scott Taylor to win the 2nd Congressional District in Virginia, per AP
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College of William and Mary swears in first woman president in 325-year history
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Former NASA Langley "human computer" Katherine Johnson was honored over her birthday weekend with a ceremony to install a statue.
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Two Kecoughtan High graduates, who look even younger than their 19 years, stepped up and volunteered, answering a tweet from Bethel's athletic director to save the Bruins' season.
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Reinvented and it feels so good! Everything's new at
http://t.co/QpovdXgAK2.
What do you think?
http://t.co/ioQXHrRCH7
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.
@_HamptonU
students march to Hampton City Hall in peaceful protest [VIDEO]
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BREAKING: Newport News police, firefighters investigating suspected meth lab in woods behind Sam's Club
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Twins are two of
@_HamptonU
's highest-achieving students who will graduate Sunday
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Military spouses’ unemployment rate is roughly three times the national joblessness percentage, and Sen. Tim Kaine thinks a tax break might be the way to help.
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Breaking: Newport News police looking for missing 62-year-old man
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Warwick High School's Class of 2016 praised for diversity | PHOTOS, VIDEO
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WATCH: Newport News Police release bodycam video of Marcus Vick running away from police
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Ninety years ago this week,
@colonialwmsburg
hired the visionary landscape architect who created its world-famous gardens.
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Allen Iverson returned home Tuesday evening to the Bethel High School gym to see it named in his honor
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Newport News native, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick and foundation to distribute turkeys to those in need Friday
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About 32% of Virginia community college students struggled to pay for food and 42% struggled to pay for housing this fall, according to a new survey released earlier this month.
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In Williamsburg, hundreds gathered on Saturday along Monticello Avenue in support of abortion access.
Women, men, old and young held signs reading “Keep Your Laws Off My Body" and “We Will Not Go Back."
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@colonialwmsburg
marks the 300th birthday of one of its oldest original houses with special tours and a new exhibit.
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Katherine Johnson on John Glenn: 'A good man has left Earth for the last time'
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Smithfield's
@BriaKelly
returns to the stage tonight in a hometown show. Read this story from
@mikeholtzclaw
:
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.
@WMTribeFootball
made an emphatic case for a national ranking by thumping No. 4 Villanova 31-18 in a Colonial Athletic Association game at Villanova Stadium in Pennsylvania.
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Injured Newport News teen comes home to 'a whole new house'
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.
@NASA_Langley
awaits decision on Asteroid Redirect Mission
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(via
@DP_Dietrich
)
http://t.co/SXQympefuY
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Ruth Carter earns her first Oscar for costume design.
Third nom, first win for
@_HamptonU
alumna Ruth E. Carter for her work on "Black Panther."
#Oscars2019
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Former
@NASA_Langley
Research Center mathematician Katherine G. Johnson will be one of 17 dolls announced by
@Barbie
on Tuesday to honor
#InternationalWomensDay
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Breaking: Longtime Hampton Sheriff B.J. Roberts has died at home.
He will be remembered as Virginia’s longest serving sheriff and as the first African American to serve as president of the National Sheriffs Association.
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In Hampton, Amazon paid $5.95 million for the 21-acre site of a former Kmart store at 210 W. Mercury Blvd.
Workers there will eventually load packages into vehicles before they are delivered to customers in the area.
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Gov. Ralph Northam will visit Fort Monroe in Hampton on Friday for Juneteenth.
The state holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, is now recognized at the federal level after President Joe Biden signed legislation on Thursday.
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Keith Cox died trying to save co-workers. A witness shares what happened.
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BREAKING: State Sen. Louise Lucas, local NAACP leaders among those charged in Portsmouth Confederate monument destruction
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Mary Wheat, a 97-year-old Newport News woman, has an extra special relationship with the acclaimed country group the Oak Ridge Boys.
She talked to
@CWarrenHicks
:
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Saturday is
@BriaKelly
Day in
#Smithfield
. Click here for more info on her welcoming party
http://t.co/by0rfPUQ3O
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Democrat Justin Fairfax wins Virginia lieutenant governor's race
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Day of Remembrance at Buckroe Beach memorializes those lost during Middle Passage
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Old Dominion is joining the Sun Belt Conference, with an official announcement expected later today, sources say.
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Hampton University's marching band will perform in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
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.
@colonialwmsburg
opens a new program portraying the life of free black barber John Hope, aka Caesar the Barber.
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BREAKING: Police ID Joshua Owusu-Koramoah, the brother of an NFL player, as man who apparently died in Hampton fire.
His death is now being investigated as a homicide.
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Hampton resident and
@NASA_Langley
pioneer Katherine Johnson makes appearance at
#Oscars
#HiddenFigures
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