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Newport News is an independent city in the traditional Hampton Roads area of Virginia. It is situated on the northern shore of the James River in the Tidewater Region and first founded in 1634. It is and has always been an important seaport and railway connection for the area and it is still known as a headquarters for the shipbuilding industry. The city’s downtown is still where it originally was centuries ago. The southeast end is predominantly African-American and full of housing projects and further north are the shipyards and […]