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November 12, 2018

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100 years ago: WWI victory marred by riots in Newport News

Sunday, Nov 11

Thousands of soldiers and sailors ravaged the nation's second-largest WWI port city on the night peace was declared, spurred to mob violence by price gouging.

Veterans Day series: The Mileys - Full lives, shaped by the Army

Jack and Joanne Miley recount their lives together as a military couple, including how they met at West Point. Jack is a decorated Korean War veteran. He was credited with pulling a wounded man to safety while under fire.

Ikea plans to hire 250 in coming months, led by Hampton Roads native

Nine years after Ikea first started scouting Hampton Roads for sites that might fit one of their giant blue-and-yellow stores, the Swedish retailer is ready to hire 250 people to work in Norfolk when the store opens next year.

NASA Langley and Nanocomp partner on unique nanotechnology for space travel

NASA Langley partners with Nanocomp to mature a carbon nanotube composite material called Miralon that could make space travel cheaper — and also improve the Earth environment by converting the greenhouse gas methane into clean-fuel hydrogen in the Miralon manufacture.

New Kent man arrested in fatal hit-and-run of cyclist

The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said Saturday morning that a man has been arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a cyclist from York County.