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Huntington Ingalls: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Feb. 01, 2024 07:29 AM EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $274 million. On a per-share basis, the Newport News, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $6.90. The results...

A man is acquitted in a 2021 fatal shooting outside a basketball game at a Virginia high school

Jan. 18, 2024 12:35 PM EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Virginia jury has acquitted a man in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old outside a high school basketball game in 2021. The Newport News Circuit Court jury took about 50 minutes last week to find Demari Batten, now 20, not guilty of manslaughter in...

The teacher shot by a 6-year-old still worries, a year later, about the other students in the room

Jan. 05, 2024 15:47 PM EST

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A year after she was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom, former teacher Abby Zwerner said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen, and wonders how they're faring. Wounded by a bullet that struck her hand and chest...