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NPR News
Virginia News
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The felony criminal charges are highly uncommon in the commonwealth.
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Funding will support research on sea-level rise, coastal flooding.
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The Shockoe Institute is scheduled to open in fall 2025.
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Desflurane is the most potent greenhouse gas among inhaled anesthetics.
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He insisted “the defense of democracy is more important than any title.”
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ReEstablish Richmond is set to help 200 new Virginians start driving.
NPR News
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NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting journalist Bill Moyers, who died this week at the age of 91.
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There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
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The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.
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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered them to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites.
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?