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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Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.
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Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.
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Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with the U.S. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump.
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The two-page memo outlines the "exhaustive review" the department conducted of the Epstein files in its possession, and also reiterates that Epstein died by suicide, contrary to some conspiracy theories.
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The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
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