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ODU men’s basketball team signs 2 guards, including 4-star recruit trib.al/8aM6RVW
ODU men’s basketball team signs 2 guards, including 4-star recruit
In other region/state news, Old Dominion women’s soccer coach Angie Hind has stepped down after 12 seasons with the program.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
ODU men’s basketball team signs 2 guards, including 4-star recruit trib.al/8aM6RVW
Hampton mayor announces HII will invest $28M in high-tech manufacturing facility for Newport News Shipbuilding trib.al/BY6dcyQ
Hampton mayor announces HII will invest $28M in high-tech manufacturing facility for Newport News Shipbuilding
During his first State of the City address, Hampton Mayor Jimmy Gray announced HII plans to invest $28 million in a light manufacturing advanced technology facility for Newport News Shipbuilding.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hampton mayor announces HII will invest $28M in high-tech manufacturing facility for Newport News Shipbuilding trib.al/BY6dcyQ
ODU’s busy signing day includes 30-player class as Monarchs prep for bowl announcement trib.al/tZpt5hX
ODU’s busy signing day includes 30-player class as Monarchs prep for bowl announcement
The haul, certainly aided by the program’s most successful season in nine years, includes five players from Virginia, six from Mississippi, a quarterback, nine offensive linemen and five wide recei…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
ODU’s busy signing day includes 30-player class as Monarchs prep for bowl announcement trib.al/tZpt5hX
Editorial: President’s outrage about video sends message to service members trib.al/7sKL2jS
Editorial: President’s outrage about video sends message to service members
A president publicly threatening to execute members of Congress is a historic first that a divided America certainly could have done without.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Editorial: President’s outrage about video sends message to service members trib.al/7sKL2jS
Cold way to count down the holiday in Hampton Roads: Ice cream advent calendars trib.al/RbANUJO
Cold way to count down the holiday in Hampton Roads: Ice cream advent calendars
Local ice cream shops offered advent or 12 Days of Christmas calendars to keep the spirits bright this month.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Cold way to count down the holiday in Hampton Roads: Ice cream advent calendars trib.al/RbANUJO
Column: Give teenagers the tools they need to manage stress trib.al/nds9C32
Column: Give teenagers the tools they need to manage stress
Why are we sending teens into daily life unprepared to cope with stress, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner Alysha Cunningham asks in a guest column.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Column: Give teenagers the tools they need to manage stress trib.al/nds9C32
Letters for Dec. 4: Public will pay if access to nursing degrees is limited trib.al/RdeaJru
Letters for Dec. 4: Public will pay if access to nursing degrees is limited
Letter writers discuss nursing profession, media bias and standardized testing in public schools.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Letters for Dec. 4: Public will pay if access to nursing degrees is limited trib.al/RdeaJru
Virginia lost 10% of community pharmacies over 5 years, study finds trib.al/9Bkzq6Q
Virginia lost 10% of community pharmacies over 5 years, study finds
Legislators recommended a handful of policies to help solve the problem of declining numbers of pharmacies in Virginia.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Virginia lost 10% of community pharmacies over 5 years, study finds trib.al/9Bkzq6Q
Filko: Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals need revisiting trib.al/CUhzo7S
Filko: Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals need revisiting
The president needs to behave responsibly and tell his MAGA supporters to stand down before we have yet another tragic loss of life, writes Joseph Filko.
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December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Filko: Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals need revisiting trib.al/CUhzo7S
UVA’s early recruiting haul includes Oscar Smith cornerback, 7 in-state players trib.al/EiHV9wA
UVA’s early recruiting haul includes Oscar Smith cornerback, 7 in-state players
Covil, a three-star prospect, is the 29th-ranked corner in the state, according to 247Sports.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
UVA’s early recruiting haul includes Oscar Smith cornerback, 7 in-state players trib.al/EiHV9wA
David Teel: Virginia Tech experiences Franklin Effect on signing day trib.al/vMCcoZ3
David Teel: Virginia Tech experiences Franklin Effect on signing day
Franklin and his skeleton staff, with considerable assistance from the outgoing regime of Brent Pry, pounced in short order to land the program’s most-regarded class since 2013 (No. 21).
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December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
David Teel: Virginia Tech experiences Franklin Effect on signing day trib.al/vMCcoZ3
Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti trib.al/mMPn50i
Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti
A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missi…
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December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti trib.al/mMPn50i
The World Cup draw is usually a spectacle. This time, FIFA hopes bigger is better trib.al/ZULQFMJ
The World Cup draw is usually a spectacle. This time, FIFA hopes bigger is better
A record 64 nations will be in Friday’s World Cup draw, more than 30% of FIFA’s members, as soccer’s leaders insist a bigger tournament is better.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The World Cup draw is usually a spectacle. This time, FIFA hopes bigger is better trib.al/ZULQFMJ
Romance novel enthusiast’s bookshop on wheels turning heads and pages around Hampton Roads trib.al/TKsjUoU
Romance novel enthusiast’s bookshop on wheels turning heads and pages around Hampton Roads
Flourish Books pops up at markets, breweries and coffee shops throughout Hampton Roads. The owner posts its schedule on Instagram, where the business has garnered more than 4,000 followers.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Romance novel enthusiast’s bookshop on wheels turning heads and pages around Hampton Roads trib.al/TKsjUoU
Virginia joins Chesapeake Bay states, DC in new watershed agreement trib.al/tHw9mSd
Virginia joins Chesapeake Bay states, DC in new watershed agreement
The states bordering the Chesapeake Bay and Washington, D.C., have signed an agreement that seeks to keep the bay and its watershed clean.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Virginia joins Chesapeake Bay states, DC in new watershed agreement trib.al/tHw9mSd
W&M women knock off previous unbeaten Wake Forest on road trib.al/gYuvq59
W&M women knock off previously unbeaten Wake Forest on road
It was the Tribe’s first victory over a Power Four program in 10 years and first ever against Wake Forest.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
W&M women knock off previous unbeaten Wake Forest on road trib.al/gYuvq59
William & Mary recruiting class heavy on in-state talent trib.al/razNexI
William & Mary recruiting class heavy on in-state talent
The Tribe netted 10 signatures on national signing day, Wednesday, and eight of them play high school football in the state, including Maury’s Jahvon Wiggins.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
William & Mary recruiting class heavy on in-state talent trib.al/razNexI
Nansemond River star QB Tyrell Grant Jr. flips from Syracuse to Virginia Tech trib.al/G2YL1di
Nansemond River star QB Tyrell Grant Jr. flips from Syracuse to Virginia Tech
Grant, a 6-foot, 190-pounder regarded as a three-star recruit, originally committed to Syracuse, but signed with the Hokies and new coach James Franklin, Virginia Tech announced on social media.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nansemond River star QB Tyrell Grant Jr. flips from Syracuse to Virginia Tech trib.al/G2YL1di
Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys trib.al/GYvnCW1
Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys
Ukraine’s foreign minister urged Putin to “stop wasting the world’s time.”
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys trib.al/GYvnCW1
What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it trib.al/wBc6f4J
What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it
Changing the recommendation would contradict previous public health advice.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it trib.al/wBc6f4J
Trump plans to weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution trib.al/Jctq4NV
Trump plans to weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution
The proposal would significantly reduce fuel economy requirements through the 2031 model years.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Trump plans to weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution trib.al/Jctq4NV
UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges trib.al/7p9Zcv7
UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges
Last month’s crash killed 14 people after the MD-11 jet’s engine detached during takeoff.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges trib.al/7p9Zcv7
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France trib.al/EzJ3dfp
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France
Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic when he landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France trib.al/EzJ3dfp
Freezing temps and a chance of snow possible for parts of Hampton Roads trib.al/mMvLruV
Freezing temps and a chance of snow possible for parts of Hampton Roads
Below-freezing weather and an increasingly likely winter storm is expected by forecasters to blanket much of Virginia Friday morning. Here’s how Hampton Roads will be affected.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Freezing temps and a chance of snow possible for parts of Hampton Roads trib.al/mMvLruV
Model train show celebrates 20th anniversary at JCC library trib.al/F0YopZ6
Model train show celebrates 20th anniversary at JCC library
The show will be held at the Croaker Road library on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Santa Claus will be available Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. for photographs.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Model train show celebrates 20th anniversary at JCC library trib.al/F0YopZ6