Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
- New book examines the hidden histories and fights for equality of queer Virginians
- Chantal floods lead to water rescues, damaged buildings in central NC
- The feds' hidden immigration weapon: Virginia's surveillance network
- Charlottesville residents tour local Black history sites for July Fourth
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The outbreak has killed 10 people and sickened more than 50 in 19 states since May.
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Their remains were found in worldwide conflict zones and identified in the past year.
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Tom Barkin's caution stands in contrast to fellow Fed policymakers, who have expressed more urgency about rate cuts.
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Shockoe Records hopes its new platform generates money for the artists.
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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.
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NATO's summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday has been described as "transformational" and "historic."
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- 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