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Volunteers build playset for Virginia Beach child battling rare cancer

1 day ago | 13newsnow.com | Taylor Brokesh

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — One Virginia Beach family's day was made a little bit brighter on Thursday, thanks to volunteers with Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group and the Roc Solid Foundation. Liam Setzer is 6, and he's fighting a Wilms tumor, a rare kind of kidney cancer. On Thursday, volunteers surprised him with a brand new playset that they constructed right in his backyard.
Mutts with a Mission partners with Sentara to help disabled veterans' service dogs

1 day ago | 13newsnow.com | Jordie Clark

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — For the first time, a unique partnership between the Sentara Simulation Center in Chesapeake and the Virginia Beach-based nonprofit Mutts with a Mission is giving a realistic clinical experience for service dogs and their handlers. On Thursday morning, eight newly trained service dogs and their veterans headed to the Sentara Simulation Center to get realistic experience in a simulated hospital room.
Virginia leads U.S. with lowest recidivism rate, report says

1 day ago | 13newsnow.com | Germyah Batey

NORFOLK, Va. — A new report shows Virginia now leads the nation with the lowest recidivism rate, which means fewer people are returning to prison after release. Experts credit state-run programs, but one man who spent more than two decades behind bars said acknowledgment, accountability, and policy can also effect change.
A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them

1 day ago | 13newsnow.com | Ben Finley

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Archaeologists in Virginia were excavating the grounds of a building that stored gunpowder during the American Revolution when they uncovered the eye sockets of a human skull. The team carefully unearthed four skeletons, including one with a bullet in the spine, and three amputated legs. They quickly surmised the bones were actually from the Civil War, when a makeshift hospital operated nearby and treated gravely wounded Confederate soldiers.
Grocery Outlet sued over fake 'Elsewhere' pricing

1 day ago | 13newsnow.com | Alex Jensen

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Consumer Justice, a nonprofit consumer rights organization, filed a lawsuit against Grocery Outlet Inc. and dozens of its affiliated Oregon operators, alleging widespread use of fictitious "elsewhere" pricing that violates state consumer protection laws.
2 men sentenced to 93, 73 years for 2021 robbery, assault, and home invasions

2 days ago | 13newsnow.com | Taylor Brokesh

NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk judge has sentenced two men to decades in prison for a violent series of crimes in 2021 that ended with a woman being sexually assaulted in her own home while her son was forced to watch. A third man, who acted as a getaway driver, received a 16-year sentence. Deandre Lamont Ward was sentenced Wednesday to 93 years in prison. Dameron Shaikeem Wright, his co-defendant, received a 73-year sentence in September 2024. Both were 22 years old at the time of sentencing.
8 students graduate from NAS Oceana's Project SEARCH

2 days ago | 13newsnow.com | Jordie Clark

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Eight high school students graduated on Wednesday, June 4th, from Naval Air Station Oceana's Project SEARCH. A graduation ceremony was held to honor and celebrate the interns who completed a ten-month program. Brighter futures are on the horizon for these graduates, a part of what leaders are calling an innovative program meant to connect students with intellectual and developmental disabilities to internships, on-the-job training, and critical life skills.
Trump's tariff hike expected to impact steel prices in construction

2 days ago | 13newsnow.com | Germyah Batey

NORFOLK, Va. — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump's executive order takes effect, doubling tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50%. In a post on X, Trump said the move protects and prioritizes American steel makers. However, critics say this move will drive up certain prices. Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads builds homes for those in need, but says the new 50% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports may be felt across the construction industry.
How food dye bans could impact your grocery store trips

2 days ago | 13newsnow.com | Meghan Bragg

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Skittles announced to the BBC last week that it will no longer use titanium dioxide, a color additive, in its candy products. The decision follows a broader push by U.S. health officials to eliminate petroleum-based food dyes from the American food supply. In April, Health Secretary Robert F.
Not every Target product has the same return policy, VERIFY team finds

2 days ago | 13newsnow.com | Hunter Bassler

MISSOURI, USA — Nationwide, major retailers are expanding into the "middleman" business, or offering products from third-party vendors on their websites. Sabrina Walters, a 5 On Your Side viewer and frequent Target shopper, asked the VERIFY Team if the retailer's return policy still applies to products from such vendors.