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Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis will end break from boxing in January at Madison Square Garden trib.al/FDSj8JL
Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis to end break from boxing in January at Madison Square Garden
It’s Davis’ first fight since a hometown lightweight title fight unraveled at Scope and spurred Davis to announce a break from the sport.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis will end break from boxing in January at Madison Square Garden trib.al/FDSj8JL
New Costco in Newport News coming in 2027. Ferguson buildings being torn down to make way. trib.al/ibcmLvd
New Costco in Newport News coming in 2027. Ferguson buildings being torn down to make way.
Two of Ferguson’s office buildings and a showroom store — more than 230,000 square feet in total — are being reduced to rubble.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New Costco in Newport News coming in 2027. Ferguson buildings being torn down to make way. trib.al/ibcmLvd
Business Notes: New submarine completes sea trials; Up Center gets $250k grant for AI trib.al/YHvPW8P
Business Notes: New submarine completes sea trials; Up Center gets $250k grant for AI
See what businesses are announcing expansions and openings and which professionals are celebrating accolades.
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December 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Business Notes: New submarine completes sea trials; Up Center gets $250k grant for AI trib.al/YHvPW8P
David Teel: UVA has ‘chance to do something really special’ in Gator Bowl trib.al/uTZuvgL
David Teel: UVA has ‘chance to do something really special’ in Gator Bowl
“We’d be remembered forever around here, which would be awesome,” Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris said of a possible 11th victory.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
David Teel: UVA has ‘chance to do something really special’ in Gator Bowl trib.al/uTZuvgL
Juvenile dies on Christmas Day, 3 days after Portsmouth shooting trib.al/zDX1MEm
Juvenile dies on Christmas Day, 3 days after Portsmouth shooting
Three days after being wounded in a shooting on Atlanta Avenue, a juvenile died from his injuries, according to police.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Juvenile dies on Christmas Day, 3 days after Portsmouth shooting trib.al/zDX1MEm
‘Let your country serve you’: Legal clinic at William & Mary fights for veterans disability benefits trib.al/GIXw7l0
‘Let your country serve you’: Legal clinic at William & Mary fights for veterans disability benefits
Some of the law students who work for the clinic are veterans themselves or come from a military family. Others are interested in gaining legal skills.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
‘Let your country serve you’: Legal clinic at William & Mary fights for veterans disability benefits trib.al/GIXw7l0
Times Square to feature patriotic ball drop for New Year’s Eve, kicking off US’s 250th birthday trib.al/OhRFJKj
Times Square to feature patriotic ball drop for New Year’s Eve, kicking off US’s 250th birthday
This patriotic touch previews the hundreds of events planned nationwide.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Times Square to feature patriotic ball drop for New Year’s Eve, kicking off US’s 250th birthday trib.al/OhRFJKj
#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Teaching our kids the power of accountability trib.al/OA9hzib
#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Teaching our kids the power of accountability
As we prepare to ring in the new year, let’s start by vowing to take accountability for our actions and reactions.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#ParentLifeUnscRxipted: Teaching our kids the power of accountability trib.al/OA9hzib
Fun to Do: Winterfest, Celebration in Lights and First Night Holiday Hike trib.al/aqvOsWu
Fun to Do: Winterfest, Celebration in Lights and First Night Holiday Hike
Looking for something to do during the next week? Here are just a few happenings in Hampton Roads.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fun to Do: Winterfest, Celebration in Lights and First Night Holiday Hike trib.al/aqvOsWu
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians trib.al/LaWw6IB
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
Trump said the airstrikes were launched against Islamic State militants “who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians.”
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December 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians trib.al/LaWw6IB
Zelenskyy says meeting with Trump to happen ‘in the near future’ trib.al/lScFlKx
Zelenskyy says meeting with Trump to happen ‘in the near future’
Zelenskyy mentioned Friday on X that a lot can be decided before the New Year.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Zelenskyy says meeting with Trump to happen ‘in the near future’ trib.al/lScFlKx
Chesapeake Regional opens new urgent care outpatient facility trib.al/bmYOLTm
Chesapeake Regional opens new urgent care outpatient facility
The facility will offer walk-in medical services seven days a week for urgent care. Services are aimed at patients with non-critical concerns who need immediate care.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Chesapeake Regional opens new urgent care outpatient facility trib.al/bmYOLTm
Cowboys race to fast start, hold off Commanders in Christmas Day clash trib.al/bI9Bgvz
Cowboys race to fast start, hold off Commanders in Christmas Day clash
Dak Prescott threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns to lead Dallas, which went ahead 21-3 before denying a comeback attempt by Washington.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Cowboys race to fast start, hold off Commanders in Christmas Day clash trib.al/bI9Bgvz
Editorial: Writing thank you notes benefits both sender and recipient trib.al/BnJ3ZuN
Editorial: Writing thank you notes benefits both sender and recipient
If there’s one thing that abundantly clear, it’s that we could use more happiness, more positivity — more gratitude — in our world.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Editorial: Writing thank you notes benefits both sender and recipient trib.al/BnJ3ZuN
Column: VDH remains committed to serving Portsmouth trib.al/VLMXQdO
Column: VDH remains committed to serving Portsmouth
Problems in the Portsmouth Health District arise from structural instability, workforce shortages and recurrent leadership turnover, the Virginia Department of Health’s Dr. Susan Fischer Davi…
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December 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Column: VDH remains committed to serving Portsmouth trib.al/VLMXQdO
Letters for Dec. 26: Cross section of Virginia Beach enjoy golf course trib.al/CVj3rN6
Letters for Dec. 26: Cross section of Virginia Beach enjoy golf course
Letter writers discuss Virginia Beach National Golf Club, mental health and President Donald Trump.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Letters for Dec. 26: Cross section of Virginia Beach enjoy golf course trib.al/CVj3rN6
Fire in downtown Suffolk leaves 1,000 Dominion Energy customers without power trib.al/EUG5a71
Fire in downtown Suffolk leaves 1,000 Dominion Energy customers without power
A vehicle hit a power pole in downtown Suffolk, causing a fire that has left about 1,000 Dominion Energy customers without power, according to a news release from the city of Suffolk.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fire in downtown Suffolk leaves 1,000 Dominion Energy customers without power trib.al/EUG5a71
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an ‘alternative Christmas message’ for Britain trib.al/IZQCEsh
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an ‘alternative Christmas message’ for Britain
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in an address to U.K. viewers dubbed “The Alternative Christmas Message.”
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December 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an ‘alternative Christmas message’ for Britain trib.al/IZQCEsh
Bob Molinaro: Baseball reigns when it comes to theatrics trib.al/rwxVnzg
Bob Molinaro: Baseball reigns when it comes to theatrics
Molinaro also covers such topics as the Chicago Bears’ comebacks, the College Football Playoff blowouts and the value of former Liberty star Malik Willis.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bob Molinaro: Baseball reigns when it comes to theatrics trib.al/rwxVnzg
Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison trib.al/EGhx2CQ
Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison trib.al/EGhx2CQ
Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent. trib.al/MO39bFi
Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent.
A policy change officials hope will curb unnecessary risk to the response of medical emergencies means that the lights and sirens of many Virginia Beach ambulances are staying off.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Virginia Beach ambulances without lights and sirens? Emergency vehicles are going dark and silent. trib.al/MO39bFi
Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades trib.al/SCuFEnj
Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades
Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote Thursday in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever one-person, one-vote poll since 1969. Analysts say it is a major depart…
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December 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades trib.al/SCuFEnj
Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US trib.al/fVoAfJw
Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US
After months on the move through jungles, seas and borders, Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gómez, her partner Abraham Castro and her two children, abandoned their attempt to reach the United States.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Photos show Venezuelan migrants spending Christmas at home after abandoning hope of reaching the US trib.al/fVoAfJw
Larry Rubama: Remembering former First Colonial, Norfolk State basketball star Barry Mitchell trib.al/S2wIfDu
Larry Rubama: Remembering former First Colonial, Norfolk State basketball star Barry Mitchell
Former First Colonial High and Norfolk State star basketball player Barry Mitchell is remembered.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Larry Rubama: Remembering former First Colonial, Norfolk State basketball star Barry Mitchell trib.al/S2wIfDu
Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life trib.al/JujYYRN
Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life
Older people can still be thrust back to their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking whenever caretakers at the community in Los Gatos, California, schedule a date for residents — many of whom are …
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December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life trib.al/JujYYRN