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Loss, sacrifice, service: How 9/11 changed Americans' lives
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (79+ words) WHRO - On Air Now Playing WHRO FM - Classical - On Air Now Playing WFOS - The Time Machine Radio Loss, sacrifice, service: How 9/11 changed Americans' lives Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Here & Now has received dozens of voice memos and…...
Milo Yiannopoulos, far-right critic of U.S. immigration, is deported from U.S.
2+ week, 1+ day ago (339+ words) The far-right British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, who enthusiastically supported President Trump's immigration crackdown, has been arrested and deported for allegedly living in the U.S. illegally. In a separate statement to NPR, the Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was deported back…...
Final Confederate statues removed from Virginia Capitol Square
2+ week, 2+ day ago (544+ words) Six years ago, the City of Richmond removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson on Monument Avenue. Crowds gathered, the sky opened and cheers erupted in the rain. Over the next two years, dozens of statues came down....
The Chief of Naval Operations says the Navy is figuring out how to handle an extended blockade of Iran
2+ week, 3+ day ago (271+ words) Speaking before the Hampton Roads Navy League, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle said the worst part of the extended war with Iran is not the combat or supply issues that impacted USS Abraham Lincoln. “It's the uncertainty of…...
Federal judge says Virginia still failing to follow voter restoration order
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1339+ words) A federal judge says Virginia officials incorrectly applied his order in a landmark voting rights case ruling that found the commonwealth had wrongly kept people with certain felony convictions from the ballot box for more than a century. As a…...
'Remember the little guy': Kaine hears from Virginia farmers as Canada trade fight drives up concern
2+ week, 5+ day ago (566+ words) This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. Just days after failed trade talks between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prompted new sweeping tariffs and threats of retaliation, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine,…...
The future aircraft carrier USS Kennedy is inching closer to being ready for the Navy
3+ week, 3+ day ago (261+ words) Huntington Ingalls Industries recently announced that the future USS John F. Kennedy completed its second round of sea trials in the waters off of Hampton Roads. “Our nation is depending on us to deliver these critical assets that will protect freedom…...
Researching a dark history, Virginia lawmakers seek more from universities
3+ week, 4+ day ago (633+ words) For State Sen. Lamont Bagby, the challenge is getting institutions to cooperate with the state commission investigating that history. He noted how quickly many universities reacted to the Trump Administration’s targeting of DEI and LGBTQ initiatives. “They jumped,” Bagby said…...
Must schools named after Confederates change after the Shenandoah schools ruling?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (781+ words) A federal judge ruled this month that Shenandoah County must remove the names of Confederate generals from two of its schools, names the school board had removed in 2020 and re-added in 2024. Judge Michael Urbanski ruled that resurrecting the names discriminated…...
Alongside Kiggans, US House Speaker says Virginia's 2nd District ‘will determine the fate of the country’
3+ week, 5+ day ago (679+ words) This story was reported and written by our media partner the Virginia Mercury. As part of an 18-state tour through more than 30 congressional districts, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said Monday that “Virginia’s 2nd District will determine the fate of the…...