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Norfolk Fire-Rescue responded to Norfolk International Terminal in the 1600 block of Baker Street at 8:48 a.m. after learning of an injury on a crane. The man was 130 feet up and inside the crane doing maintenance when he was hurt.
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Business
Norfolk Southern’s stock fell before the opening bell Wednesday after the railroad unveiled plans to create a fund for residents near the site of an Ohio train wreck that would cover any decline in home values since a derailment earlier this year.
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U.S. Military News
While the Navy’s newest and most technologically aircraft carrier has conducted short, training-focused deployments, completion of the COMPTUEX means the Ford is now a certified combat-deployable warship.
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Courts & Crime
Scale models of the University of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium were confiscated because of counterfeit electrical plugs, the U.S. Customs press office issued a news release with this headline: “Norfolk CBP Officers Revoke Stadium Pass of Rocky Top Fans.”
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U.S. Military News
The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is slated to be delivered July 2025 to support a revised ship delivery and post-delivery strategy.
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Education
In Newport News, the lab school would bring a new maritime offering to high school students. In Chesapeake, the program would introduce an IB program at Oscar Smith Middle School, with a computer science focus.
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Environment
In February, a right whale was killed by a vessel strike and washed ashore in Virginia Beach. The ocean conservation group Oceana used its Ship Speed Watch tool to monitor ships and boats off the Virginia Beach coast in the 11 days before the dead whale was spotted.
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U.S. Military News
Australia will purchase U.S.-manufactured, nuclear-powered attack submarines to modernize its fleet, a European official and a person familiar with the matter said Thursday, amid growing concerns about China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Defense & Shipyards
Are Chinese-manufactured cranes spying on Hampton Roads ports? An Old Dominion University professor and cybersecurity expert says "not likely."
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Business
The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest railroads is coming to a Senate hearing with an apology and a commitment to send millions of dollars to the village on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border disrupted by a fiery derailment as senators investigate railway safety and the Biden administration’s response to the disaster.
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