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High school scoreboard: No. 1 Kellam boys, girls win respective Class 5 Region A lacrosse championships
Danny Cox and Quincy Williams scored for No. 4 seed Smithfield in a shutout of No. 1 Gloucester, advancing to the boys soccer ...
Photos: Kellam girls and boys lacrosse defeat Cox to claim Class 5 Region A championships
Kellam girls defeated Cox 17-13 while the boys defeated Cox 11-4 to secure Class 5 Region A championship titles during games ...
19 different pitchers, nearly 100 innings: Norfolk Tides played through pair of rain-soaked series
In consecutive series at St. Paul, Minnesota, and at home at Harbor Park, the Tides had the first two of six games washed out ...
Hampton rally beats Jamestown, nets first baseball state tournament berth in 35 years
The Crabbers scored seven runs in the sixth to erase a four-run deficit and qualify for the state tournament for the first ...
Column: We must tax billionaires if we want to save Virginia
Unless we fight for change, the wealthy few will continue to stack the deck against us, NextGen America’s Will Winters writes ...
Letters for June 3: The US is on an unsustainable spending path
Letter writers discuss national debt, tax burden on seniors, President Donald Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president, and ...
Editorial: Early childhood education programs deserve robust support
Virginia’s early childhood education programs would be imperiled by changes proposed by the Trump administration.
Newark airport runway project wraps up early, so when will flight limits ease?
The FAA limited the Newark airport to 28 arrivals and 28 departures an hour last month because of the construction and staff ...
Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors and even Elon Musk have doubts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and ...
Alf Clausen, Emmy-winning composer who wrote music for ‘The Simpsons’ for 27 years, dies at 84
Alf Clausen, the Emmy-winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of “The Simpsons” ...
Norfolk firefighter who lost his job over medical marijuana use challenges firing after change in Virginia law
Former Norfolk firefighter Brandon Beltaine was fired in 2023 for medical marijuana use off the job — a dismissal that would now be illegal under changes made to Virginia law last year. He’s ...
David Teel: Storm clouds hover at UVA after O’Connor’s departure for Mississippi State
Virginia has lost national-championship coaches before, but in the wake of similarly abrupt resignations by football’s Bronco Mendenhall in 2021 and men’s basketball’s Tony ...