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Lawmakers continue to push for the development of a legal retail marijuana market.
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Organizers say the effort is the nation’s largest school supply drive.
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Principal Nicholas Olson said the monthly meetups are an equitable way to hold clubs.
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Three more listening sessions will be held this week.
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The mayor spoke at VPM Media Corporation’s community block party in Historic Monroe Ward.
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Later, wearing a mask, the Alexandria-based runner told reporters he had COVID.
NPR News
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Your pelvic floor supports organs like your bladder, bowels and reproductive system. Strengthen it with exercises and mantras (like "squeeze before you sneeze") from physical therapist Sara Reardon.
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They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable."
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Senate Republicans race to pass Trump's domestic policy bill by July 4, but are divided on key issues. And, NATO leaders agreed on a defense spending increase at yesterday's summit.
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Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?
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The new season picks up right where we left off — with a review of the restaurant — and refocuses on the relationships between Carmy, Sydney and Richie.
Arts & Culture
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- 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?