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Minimum wage in Virginia increases in 2025, but advocates say it’s not enough
This New Year’s Day, the state minimum wage will increase to $12.41 an hour, up from $12. The change is a result of legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020 that stated if the legislature ...
What we know after a driver crashes into pedestrians on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, killing 10
Authorities say the driver of a pickup truck sped through a crowd of pedestrians gathered on New Orleans’ bustling French Quarter district early on New Year’s ...
Fun to Do: Christmas Town, Bon Jovi tribute, Tina Turner musical and more
Shot Thru the Heart; a Bon Jovi tribute. 8 p.m. Friday at Elevation 27, 600 Nevan Road, Virginia Beach. Tickets start at $22. To buy online, visit elevation27.com. A night of local country music ...
At Richmond’s Holocaust museum, an interactive exhibit of survivors and witnesses
New exhibition at the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond allows visitors to interact with pre-recorded video of Holocaust survivors and a U.S. Army liberator.
Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103
The third Pearl Harbor survivor to die in the past few weeks, Chandler was a hospital corpsman 3rd class on Dec. 7, 1941, when waves of Japanese fighter planes dropped bombs and fired machine guns ...
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Trump says he is planning to attend Jimmy Carter’s funeral
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s planning to attend the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Asked about it as he walked into a New Year’s Eve party at ...
Something in the Water organizers miss deadline for lineup and ticket sales; ask Virginia Beach for extension
Festival organizers have asked for an extension for releasing the festival’s lineup and ticket sales, according to the city.
UVA gains first ACC basketball victory by rallying past NC State
Virginia found its 3-point stroke in the second half, hitting seven of its first 10 attempts from beyond the arc after the ...
Column: History gets Carter wrong, both underrated and overrated
Jimmy Carter was a fundamentally good and caring man who lived his Christian faith, Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Z.
Driver in New Orleans ‘hell-bent on carnage’ kills 10, injures 30 on New Year’s Day
The attack occurred around 3:15 a.m. along Bourbon Street, known worldwide as one of the largest destinations for New Year’s Eve parties.
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West Virginia upends No. 7 Kansas in Big 12 opener for first victory ever in Lawrence
Javon Small hit the go-ahead free throw with 1.8 seconds remaining, and short-handed West Virginia (10-2) held on after blowing an 18-point second-half lead to beat seventh-ranked Kansas 62-61 in an ...
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Hampton man, 22, charged with fatal shooting at downtown restaurant
HAMPTON — Police have arrested a 22-year-old Hampton man in connection with the shooting of another man at a restaurant over the weekend. Early Sunday morning — around 12:40 a.m. — 22-year-old Gabriel ...