NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A new Virginia-class submarine is getting one step closer to being ready for service. The Arkansas is being christened at Newport News Shipbuilding. Part of the christening ...

NEWPORT NEWS (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the state ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — With a solid swing from living history, the latest naval vessel to bear the name of Arkansas was officially christened Saturday on a sunny but cold Virginia morning.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Of the honors that Elizabeth Eckford and the other members of the Little Rock Nine have received since taking part in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — An important milestone is at hand for the Navy, HII Newport News Shipbuilding and a group of civil rights pioneers. Saturday will mark the christening ceremony for the fast ...