Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The $12M grant was earmarked for infrastructure at the treatment plant.
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Only one special education specialty currently requires graduate-level coursework.
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Tips from the Virginia Department of Health and City of Richmond.
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“It’s not easy to come here and just enjoy it.”
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If we had a nickel for every time this has happened, we'd have two nickels.
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City files will help tell the story of Charlottesville’s first Black high school.
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Search and rescue efforts continue in Central Texas where flash flooding has left at least dozens of people dead.
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The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen in granting Royal Warrants — a sort of "seal of approval" — on certain goods and services.
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Ukraine said it struck a Russian airbase on Saturday, while Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight, dashing hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the war.
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