1619 commemoration: Officials hope event sticks with visitors
HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — After a huge weekend at Fort Monroe, officials hope the message of the commemoration will stick with visitors. This weekend’s events honored the 400th commemoration of the first...
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Charlottesville Victims Use Post-Slavery KKK Law To Go After Hate Groups
Two years ago, a rally in Charlottesville exposed the violence of the nation's white nationalist movement. Now, victims of that violence want the courts to hold the organizers accountable. (Image...
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'Why Don't Y'all Let That Die?' Telling The Emmett Till Story In Mississippi
Emmett Till's 1955 lynching propelled the civil rights movement, but telling his story underscores a reluctance for some in Mississippi "to come to grips with its history of racial brutality." (Image...
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Trump Administration Opens Door To Dropping Florida's Key Deer From...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials recommended that Key Deer be "delisted due to recovery," but advocates say the Key Deer population was hard hit by Hurricane Irma and its aftermath. (Image credit:...
View ArticleAdvocates calling on lawmakers to fund gun control research
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — The American Medical Association says gun violence in America is a public health crisis, but unlike other threats, guns haven’t been researched by the federal government...
View ArticleTrump trade deal is good news for U.S. farmers, but some say not good enough
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nexstar) — U.S. farmers have taken a multi-billion dollar hit as a result of President Trump’s multi-front trade war, but they received some good news this week when he announced a...
View ArticleBlackwater contractor sentenced to life for shooting unarmed Iraqi civilians...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former State Department contractor sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2007 shooting deaths of unarmed Iraqi civilians is asking for a new trial because of what he says...
View Article‘Fastest woman on four wheels’ Jessi Combs dies trying to break speed record...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jet-car speed racer Jessi Combs, known by fans as the “fastest woman on four wheels,” has died in a crash in Oregon’s Alvord Desert while trying to break a speed record, local...
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New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Drops Out Of 2020 Presidential Race
"It's important to know when it's not your time," Gillibrand said. She had failed to qualify for September's Democratic primary debate. (Image credit: Clare Harbage/NPR)
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Who's Running For President? The 2020 Democrats
It's the most diverse field ever, and the largest in at least 40 years. Potentially two dozen Democrats are entering a long, drawn-out primary process to take on President Trump in 2020. (Image...
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Federal Agency Accuses Vermont Hospital Of Forcing A Nurse To Assist In An...
The Trump administration's Office for Civil Rights put a hospital in Vermont on notice that it violated federal rules by forcing a nurse to help with an abortion. The hospital denies the charge....
View ArticleTop 10 high school football players to watch on Friday Night Flights in 2019
(WAVY) — The high school football season gets underway on Thursday and local expert Andy Hilton of Recruit757.com joins Nathan Epstein to talk about the top 10 players to watch in Hampton Roads in...
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Montana Men Who Lied About Military Service Ordered To Wear 'I Am A Liar' Signs
Two men pretended they had served in the military to have their cases transferred to veterans courts with the aim of getting more lenient sentences. It didn't work. (Image credit: Tamir Kalifa/Getty...
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Last Strike For Bowling Alley That Helped Anchor Many Veterans
The bowling alley at Naval Support Activity Bethesda helped many veterans transition back into civilian life and was a place where they felt accepted. Its closure leaves them hurt and angry. (Image...
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Children born overseas to some US service members won’t get automatic...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled new rules that will make it harder for children of some immigrants serving in the military to obtain citizenship. U.S. Citizenship and...
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Second Death At West Virginia VA Hospital Ruled As Homicide
An attorney for one of the victim's families says the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veteran Affairs is investigating up to 10 insulin injection-related deaths. (Image credit:...
View ArticleMission ready: Navy volunteers help Chesapeake schools get set for first day
CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — Sometimes the checklist seems like enough work for an army or, better yet in Hampton Roads, a Navy. 400 sailors volunteered in 25 Chesapeake public schools Wednesday morning...
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