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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Virginia News
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City files will help tell the story of Charlottesville’s first Black high school.
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Updated June 1, 8:30 a.m.: Richmond is expediting repairs on a water main supplying Henrico County.
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Neighborhoods that draw water from the Ginter Park tank are affected by the advisory.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning May 27.
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Schools that don’t meet state-mandated ratios could risk losing state funding.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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How will the Trump administration's cuts to HIV research impact the progress that's been made towards ending the epidemic in the U.S.?
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Heat and wildfire smoke affect birth outcomes, according to a new study of women in Los Angeles.
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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.
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