
A soldier participates in a military exercise at Camp Lejeune, a military base in North Carolina, in 2017. A section of the PACT Act allows veterans, their family members, and others who spent at least 30 days at Camp Lejeune between Aug. 1, 1953, and the end of 1987 to seek damages against the government for harm caused by exposure to toxic water at the base. (Image: KFF Health News/Getty Images)
The government estimates as many as a million people were exposed to Camp Lejeune’s contaminated water during the 34-year period covered by the PACT Act. Personal injury lawyers have taken notice.
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The city plans remembrance events to mark the day.
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Residents will have and extra three-and-a-half weeks until their personal property taxes are due.
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The nonprofit has scheduled more than a dozen clinics around the region this year to help get more Black girls into a sport that’s historically struggled with minority participation.
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Retired teacher Lorrie Mercer addresses literacy gaps in a Yorktown laundromat with a curated mini library.
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Norfolk's monument for Black Civil War veterans is a rarity in the South. Some say it’s been neglected. Local News
West Point Cemetery in Norfolk is a rare monument to Black Civil War veterans.
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The Virginia Marine Resources Commission will vote in June on the recommendation, which would affect the fall and spring 2024 seasons.
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The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1. Officials say there’s some uncertainty because of the presence of both warm temperatures that spur storms, and the El Niño climate pattern that usually suppresses them.
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