Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)

Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse

2012-03-06 14:40:00

Patricia T. "Patty" Rouse, who with her late husband, Columbia developer James W. Rouse, co-founded Enterprise Community Partners Inc. and who devoted her life to making sure that decent and affordable housing was accessible to all Americans, died...

Mikulski likens loss of hospital ship Comfort to departure of Colts

2012-03-07 14:15:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski on Wednesday likened the loss of the USNS Comfort to the departure of the Baltimore Colts – and asked Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to reconsider. The U.S. Fleet Forces Command announced last month that it was moving the white-...

Orioles to play exhibition game in Norfolk

2011-12-30 11:25:00

Orioles all-star catcher Matt Wieters is headed back to Norfolk this year. And so are all of his 2012 Orioles’ teammates. At least for one day. The Orioles are expected to play their Triple-A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, at Harbor Park on...

Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Wednesday

2012-02-15 04:14:00

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for clouds then sun, with a high near 54 degrees. It is expected to be cloudy tonight with a slight chance of rain after 1 a.m., and a low temperature around 36 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our updates for this morning's issues...

Former Columbia resident reflects on Marine career, changing perception of women

2011-10-06 13:22:57

It only took Susan Seaman two weeks at the U.S. Naval Academy to realize she wanted to be in the Marine Corps — despite not knowing exactly what the Marines did. The former Columbia resident's 1989 commission has led her up a leadership ladder that...

Baltimore vs. Norfolk: A tale of two ports

2011-11-12 11:19:00

It was just one headline among many of its kind in The Baltimore Sun during the 1980s and 1990s: "Baltimore loses round to Va." The 1995 article noted that the shipping giant Maersk Lines was ending its service between South America and the port of...

Virginia wildfire smoke seen from space

2011-08-10 16:22:16

If you happened to be in Washington, DC Tuesday, or in Anne Arundel County as I was, you could smell what seemed like wood smoke in the air. It was smoke, and it was coming from a raging fire in southeast......

Huge containership calls at Baltimore's port

2011-08-02 07:05:00

The port of Baltimore has played host to some massive containerships in its time, but none larger than the MSC Sindy, which paid a call Monday at the Seagirt Marine Terminal. More than 31/2 football fields long and capable of hauling 9,200 20-foot...

Smoke from Virginia fires invades Harford's air

2011-08-16 14:08:01

The odor of smoke from brush fires in a huge swamp near Suffolk, Va., blew into Harford County Saturday morning, and emergency officials say this could be an issue in the county for the foreseeable future. Around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Harford County...

Authorities in the Carolinas readying to gauge damage

2011-08-28 05:06:03

Hurricane Irene fell short of the doomsday predictions of record-breaking storm surges in North Carolina and Virginia. But a slow-crawling storm that spread out hundreds of miles was still hurling heavy rain and high winds at a wide swath of the East...

Christopher Cummings funeral scheduled for Saturday

2011-06-14 16:32:00

The funeral for the nephew of Rep. Elijah E. Cummings has been scheduled for Saturday in Baltimore, the congressman's office said Tuesday. Christopher Cummings, 20, who had just completed his junior year at Old Dominion University, was shot to death in...

William A. Kroh, owner of marine auto terminal, dies

2011-07-20 14:55:00

William Allen Kroh, who owned and operated marine automobile terminals that handled thousands of autos in the port of Baltimore, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his Brooklandville home. He was 80. "He was a self-made man who had an...

Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia to discuss college affordability.

2012-04-03 12:20:00

Daniel Guy Newcomb, 33, of Norfolk, was shot to death by police in Virginia Beach on March 17.

2012-03-22 03:18:00

Aboard the USNS Comfort from left: Douglas Ruby, able seaman; Luis Torres, bosun; and Gerald Butch, ships bosun, inspect and package survival suits for the trip to Boston for the regularly scheduled 5-year dry docking.

2012-02-16 00:00:00