Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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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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The Republican promises the legislation “protects vulnerable populations.”
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Officials say the former developer has refused to return 93 acres of real estate.
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The order, for now, overturns actions that limited DOGE's access to sensitive private information. In a separate case, the court said DOGE did not have to share internal records with a watchdog group.
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In an emergency appeal, the administration is asking the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court order blocking mass staffing cuts at the Education Department.
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Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.
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Dr. Mark Dybul was an architect of PEPFAR, a program credited with saving 26 million lives. Now its future could be in jeopardy as Congress reviews the Trump administration's funding rescission memo.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, wrongly deported to El Salvador, is back in the U.S. to face smuggling chargesAbrego Garcia faces criminal charges for allegedly transporting migrants without legal status around the country, according to a Justice Department indictment.
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