Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Residents and elected officials raised several issues over Luck Stone's rezoning.
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The candidates have campaigned on tax cuts, tariffs, deficits and the middle class.
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An epidemiologist explains why officials recommend getting these three shots.
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City Council previously agreed to sell the land for $10.
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The grants will support programs from Rockbridge County to Newport News.
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School division says impacted students will return to regular classrooms in two weeks.
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Canada scrapped a digital services tax that would have hit U.S. tech companies such as Google and Amazon after President Trump halted trade talks and threatened higher tariffs on Canadian imports.
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The WNBA is adding three new teams: Cleveland will join in 2028, Detroit begins play in 2029 and Philadelphia will be added to the roster in 2030. This will bring the league to a record 18 teams.
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The Trump administration is developing a searchable national citizenship data system, worrying some officials. And, the Senate focuses on the sweeping Republican tax and spending bill.
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People who can no longer move or speak may soon have a new option: an implanted device that links their brain to a computer.
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The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean. Other countries say the minerals aren't America's to mine.
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