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Virginia News
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“I wasn’t joking. The contracts will literally go out tomorrow morning.”
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Suffolk returned the land earlier this year to the Nansemond, who were first displaced in the 1600s.
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Opponents of the move say the county is avoiding permit hearings.
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Scores show slight improvement after administration’s ALL in VA education plan
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The Democrat from New Jersey was convicted on bribery and other charges last month. Gov. Phil Murphy will appoint Menendez’s replacement ahead of the November general election.
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Members OK’d the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the method for 2025.
NPR News
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How did a little known assemblyman become the presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City? NPR's A Martinez talks to Bob Hardt, political director of the NY1 news channel.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže about the trans-Atlantic relationship under President Trump.
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There have been reports of roads buckling due to extreme heat in multiple states, including Wisconsin, Missouri, and Delaware. Why is this happening?
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Scientists modeled what it would take for a woman to run the mile in under four minutes. NPR's A Martinez talks with researcher Rodger Kram about the prospects for women's world record holder Faith Kipyegon from Kenya.
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Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records