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- August 12, 2022
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Feds at Virginia Port Seize More Counterfeit Socks

Federal law enforcement has seized another load of counterfeit diabetic socks at the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News. The 165,707 pairs of socks in the seizure would be worth more than $2.6 million in manufacturer suggested retail price if they were legitimate. “Norfolk, VA CBP Officers Seize Second Significant Sham Socks Shipment destined to Loudoun County, […]

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- July 31, 2022
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Thunderstorm Wind Damages Ten Helicopters at Norfolk Naval Station

Straight line winds damaged ten helicopters at Norfolk Naval Station on Tuesday, according to Military.com. A National Weather Service meteorologist said storm winds weren’t unusually strong. “Known damages to the aircraft span from broken tail and rotor blades to structural dents and punctures in the airframes,” spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Rob Myers said in a statement to Military.com. Pictures […]

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- July 17, 2022
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Feds at Virginia Port Seize Nearly $2 Million in Counterfeit Diabetic Socks

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Area Port of Norfolk-Newport News seized 118,566 pairs of “counterfeit cotton foot coverings” – diabetic socks worth about $1.9 million in retail if they were authentic. CBP officers “certainly do not suffer from cold feet when it comes to enforcing intellectual property rights laws,” a CBP press […]

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- March 31, 2022
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Norfolk’s City Leaders Grapple With Stubborn Crime Wave

Norfolk city leaders are struggling to come up with solutions to a recent gun violence that’s impacted the city, especially downtown. The debate comes after a wave of gun violence in recent weeks, including a mass shooting outside a popular Granby Street bar that killed two people and injured three more. (RELATED: Virginia Reporter Killed […]

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- March 24, 2022
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Spilled Drink Led to Virginia Reporter’s Death

An eyewitness to the death of  reporter Sierra Jenkins, 25, claims they know what ignited the deadly shooting that claimed her life in front of a Norfolk pizzeria. A spilled drink. Fox News reports: “This is another incident in which conflict resolution did not exist,” Police Chief Larry Boone said while addressing the Downtown Norfolk […]

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- March 21, 2022
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Virginia Reporter Killed in Norfolk Shooting

A Virginia-Pilot reporter was one of two fatalities in a quintuple shooting in downtown Norfolk in the early morning hours of Saturday. Sierra Jenkins, 25, was a Norfolk native who joined The Pilot in 2020. The paper reported Jenkins missing after her editor couldn’t contact her to make sure she covered the shooting as part […]

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- December 6, 2021
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Virginia Native, Last Surviving Officer Immortalized in ‘Band of Brothers’ Dies

The last surviving officer of Easy Company featured in Stephen Ambrose’s book “Band of Brothers,” and the HBO miniseries of the same name has died. Col. Edward “Ed” Shames was 99 and a Norfolk native. The New York Post further reports: Born in Norfolk on June 13, 1922, Shames was the oldest surviving member of […]

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