Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
- House votes to eliminate federal funding for public media outlets
- Duncan, Shreve meet in primary to replace longtime Albemarle supervisor
- William Burnett, Antionette Irving face off again in Richmond sheriff’s race
- Hanover, Henrico supervisors meet to discuss future plans for water utilities
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The city’s utilities department says the system is now "fully operational."
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He will lead the upcoming Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at UVA.
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It’s unclear why council dismissed Osuna after nearly six years in the role.
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The federal government’s decision was also a “complete surprise” to UVA.
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Almost 40% of the county’s 2024 homicides were from instances of IPV.
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Norfolk is considered a national hotspot for sea level rise. Virginia researchers say cities farther south are starting to catch up.
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Like other NATO members, the U.K. has been reassessing its defense spending since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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The stock exchange had closed during the chaotic days leading up to the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning rebel offensive.
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President Donald Trump wants to double the amount of oil coursing through Alaska's vast pipeline system and build a massive natural gas project, a top administration official said Monday.
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President Trump is gearing up for what a senior White House official said will be an "all-out advocacy effort" to push Republican senators to advance the bill their House colleagues passed last month.
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A new study from Yale University finds that singing to babies improves their overall mood. NPR wants to know what songs our listeners sing to their babies.