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The SS United States is scheduled for sinking to become the world’s largest artificial reef: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/hi…

The SS United States is scheduled for sinking to become the world’s largest artificial reef

The Newport News-built vessel will be submerged about 22 nautical miles southwest of Destin, Florida.

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Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/el…

Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections

Consumer prices have risen faster than paychecks, making families poorer.

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Gasoline prices under Trump surpass Biden-era average: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/tr…

Gasoline prices under Trump surpass Biden-era average

Americans have never paid this much for fuel this late in the year.

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Pricey cookie vendor closes dozens of locations nationwide: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/cr…

Pricey cookie vendor closes dozens of locations nationwide

Crumbl has reportedly closed 57 locations across the country, including in Florida and Alabama.

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Editorial: Don’t wait to lend a helping hand to our hungry neighbors: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/ed…

Editorial: Don’t wait to lend a helping hand to our hungry neighbors

Lines at food banks, pantries and soup kitchens are already growing, and things are expected to get worse. Those who can should step up now.

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Discover emerging talent at Virginia Opera collaborative concert Sunday: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/di…

Discover emerging talent at Virginia Opera collaborative concert Sunday

The concert will feature solo and group performances of popular opera and Broadway pieces, along with selections by contemporary Black composers Adolphus Hailstork and Damien Geter. Admission is free.

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Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/ru…

Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says

Independent commission of inquiry was authorized by Geneva-based Human Rights Council.

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Gloucester field hockey grows, succeeeds despite coach’s unexpected death: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/gl…

Gloucester field hockey grows, succeeeds despite coach’s unexpected death

Joe Dougherty, who guided the Dukes to the Class 4 state championship a year ago, died June 10 at 61.

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Ocean Lakes’ Kaylee Bell places second in VHSL Girls’ Open golf championship: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/oc…

Ocean Lakes’ Kaylee Bell places second in VHSL Girls’ Open golf championship

Josephina Kritsky of Potomac Falls won on the second hole of a playoff against Bell after both shot 68 in Harrisonburg. Also, we look at Tuesday’s high school playoff schedule.

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Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/au…

Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban

He argued the ban breached his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”

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More than 100 Colorado fraternity members suspended after hazing incident, emails show: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/si…

More than 100 Colorado fraternity members suspended after hazing incident, emails show

Each member found responsible for hazing “was suspended at that time and will remain suspended pending completion of the Fraternity’s member disciplinary procedures, which remain ongoing,” according...

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Trump heads to Mississippi for a midterm rally, and the Democrat he wants defeated is going, too: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/tr…

Trump campaigns in Mississippi, highlighting Republicans’ challenges

By BILL BARROW and SOPHIE BATES CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump heads Monday to Mississippi, as he continues a closing midterm campaign blitz that highlights Republicans’ challenges...

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9th Circuit questions DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/fe…

9th Circuit questions DOJ demand to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

Two of the three federal judges appeared skeptical of the DOJ lawsuit

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Microsoft offers a quarter of its global workforce voluntary buyouts as AI spending accelerates: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/mi…

Microsoft offers a quarter of its global workforce voluntary buyouts as AI spending accelerates

Microsoft offered 60,000 employees voluntary buyouts

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King William renews plea for rezoning requests along Route 360 corridor: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/ki…

King William renews plea for rezoning requests along Route 360 corridor

King William leaders want to rezone properties to business use to attract commercial investment along the Richmond-Tappahannock Highway.

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Column: Virginia should not trade morning light for longer evenings: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/co…

Column: Virginia should not trade morning light for longer evenings

Permanent standard time would preserve the morning light that anchors our sleep-wake cycles, sleep medicine physician Ashtaad Dalal, MD, writes in a guest column.

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Bert Mizusawa: Better to have senator Trump listens to: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/be…

Bert Mizusawa: Better to have senator Trump listens to

He graduated at the top of his West Point class, but Bert Mizusawa took the almost unprecedented step of saying he wanted to be in the infantry — the mud-sloggers of any Army. “I thought I should be...

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Trump administration attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey again: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/ju…

Trump administration attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey again

The allegations from the Justice Department came in documents unsealed in federal court in Washington.

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Number of injured in Williamsburg deck collapse rises to almost 40: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/nu…

Number of injured in Williamsburg deck collapse rises to almost 40

The deck on the back of a house near William & Mary collapsed Friday night during a party.

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Flood warning lingers in Four Corners as soaked towns face sewage-tainted waters. 1 death reported: dailypress.com/2026/10/26/ex…

Flood warning lingers in Four Corners as soaked towns face sewage-tainted waters. 1 death reported

Officials warn of possible water contamination with chemicals and raw sewage.

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