Sunday, August 16th

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.

The UAE said on Aug. 15 that Iran attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the third strike on a state-owned Emirati oil vessel in less than a week. UK Maritime Trade Operations also reported a projectile struck the hull of a bulk carrier in the waterway. President Donald Trump said he would “pretty soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after Iran’s defeat. Iran rejected the claim, saying the strait “has been Iranian” and its opening or closure remains under Tehran’s control.