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A Perdue truck at the company’s plant in Gainesville, Georgia. The company is under investigation for violating federal child labor laws prompted by stories from its plant on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. (Photo via Shutterstock).

Perdue agrees to pay $4 million for child labor violations at Accomac plant

The agreement with the federal Department of Labor also prevents the company from hiring minors in certain locations and requires creating a tipline to report violations.

Del. Alex Askew, D-Virginia Beach, presents his House Bill 1699 to the House Finance Committee on Jan. 20, 2025.

House panel moves to end tax breaks for Confederate-affiliated groups in Virginia

City leaders and housing advocates cut the ribbon Thursday, June 5, 2025 on the Legacy Landing mixed-income housing development in Newport News.

Newport News adds 155 mixed-income housing units to its southernmost neighborhood

Former residents of the Ridley Place neighborhood have priority for renting apartments in the new Legacy Landing.

Families cheer as they welcome home sailors from the USS Gravely after a three month mission to the southern border.

USS Gravely returns home Monday after border mission

Destroyer is the first Navy ship to deploy as part of a stepped-up effort using the military on the southern border.

Greetings from Odesa, Ukraine, where a Black Sea beach offers respite from war

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

Greetings from Shenyang, China, where workers sort AI data in 'Severance'-like ways

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

NASA astronaut candidate Ben Bailey poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Bailey was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class and reported for duty in September 2025.

Virginia native selected as part of NASA's latest astronaut candidate class

Charlottesville native Ben Bailey will soon get to live out a dream many kids have – being an astronaut for NASA.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.

Limits on ICE activities head to the Virginia House of Delegates floor

Federal immigration enforcement may get more complicated in Virginia if a group of bills passed in a House of Delegates committee Friday morning get signed into law.

José María Balcázar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term.

Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate

Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he's won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.

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