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Virginia News
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The African American Civil Rights Network nod highlights the museum’s role in the movement.
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Construction on the nonprofit’s new headquarters begins Aug. 12.
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Some Shenandoah Valley crop yields could be 75% lower than expected.
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A tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for parts of Central Virginia.
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Tenants owing back rent can sign up by Aug. 31 to avoid eviction.
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A pilot study in Virginia is testing whether drones can deliver defibrillators — before first responders.
NPR News
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Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and UVA Law School professor Amanda Frost discuss how the Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship could apply to states.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and Domenico Montanaro discuss the decision
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and Carrie Johnson analyze the decision
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At issue was President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent US status.
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?