Monday, August 17th

Police arrested 19-year-old Camron Harris after finding the non-student suspect hiding in a Virginia State University dormitory closet about 4 p.m. Saturday in connection with the campus shooting. The gunfire erupted around 1:28 a.m. near the Quad Annexes, outside residence halls by Boisseau Street and 3rd Avenue. Officers found five people with gunshot wounds; one was in critical condition, and at least one victim was a student. The campus lockdown was lifted as university and Chesterfield County police continued investigating multiple suspects.

The USS George Washington has left Da Nang, Vietnam, for a Middle East deployment to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, leaving the western Pacific without a U.S. aircraft carrier. The Lincoln left port on 21 November and has spent nearly nine months, more than 240 days, at sea supporting U.S. operations against Iran. Families and lawmakers cite morale, mental health, food, supply and sanitation concerns aboard the carrier. President Donald Trump called the deployment "not nearly long enough," while Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the ship would return home soon.

Democratic National Committee members on Aug. 15 approved a 2028 presidential nominating calendar that makes South Carolina the party’s first official contest, with its primary set for Jan. 22, 2028. Nevada follows on Feb. 1, then New Hampshire on Feb. 8, New Mexico on Feb. 15, Michigan on Feb. 22 and Virginia on Feb. 29. The lineup removes Iowa from its traditional opening position and moves New Hampshire behind two other states. Party leaders said the order gives earlier influence to Black and Latino voters and union members.