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Trolleys Are Back at the Oceanfront, Even as Virginia Beach Backs Other Ride-Share Options

June 18, 2023
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By Stacy Parker From The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Beach—Summer has unofficially started in the resort area, and a familiar mode of transportation has returned for another season. The blue trolleys with wood trim are back on the streets, but it’s not entirely clear what the future holds for the nostalgic vehicles. Over the next several years,…

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Capitol Report (Sept. 19): 60 Minutes: Biden’s First TV Interview in Months; New Rules for Transgender Minors in Virginia

September 19, 2022
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Some of President Joe Biden’s remarks on his 2024 plans, the pandemic, and Taiwan depart from what the White House has said. To break down Biden’s “60 minutes” interview, we sit down with Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack. The Biden administration returns a kidnapped American home in exchange for releasing a Taliban prisoner. The prisoner swap…

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When a Hotel Is the Destination: The Cavalier Hotel

March 1, 2022
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The Cavalier Hotel is one of those hotels that’s also a destination in its own right. The stately landmark in Virginia Beach—which is surprisingly Virginia’s largest city—first opened in 1927 atop a hill about two blocks off the beach. This location in the quieter north end feels a world removed from the kitsch shops and…

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History Takes Flight at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach

June 26, 2021
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I stood outside the Military Aviation Museum in the cool breeze, holding my daughter in my arms as the Spitfire and Hurricane engines roared. “Airplane! Look!” My daughter squealed over the noise of the propellers of the World War II military aircraft. Because the weather was so windy, the working military planes were not going…

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2 Dead, About 8 Shot After Separate Shootings at Virginia Beach: Police

March 27, 2021
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Two people have died and about eight more people were shot after multiple separate incidents of shooting late Friday in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to police. The Virginia Beach Police Department announced on Twitter at around 1:15 a.m local time on Saturday that it was investigating “a shooting involving several victims with possibly life-threatening injuries.”…

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