The Navy is embarking on a widescale investigation into the problems with welding performed at Newport News Shipbuilding, according to a letter sent to Congress last week.
In other region/state news, Norfolk State guard Diamond Johnson and forward Kierra Wheeler have landed on the Preseason Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year watch list.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday along Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm, bringing powerful winds, deadly storm surge and potential flooding to much of the state.