Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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She is set to take a senior finance and administration position in Newport News next month.
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Connolly served in Congress for more than 16 years after over a decade as a Fairfax County supervisor.
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Who are a playground and community center in Richmond’s Museum District named after?
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The app uses AI to help reduce cost and access barriers to health care.
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The globe’s largest concentration of data centers is in Virginia.
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Rams staff, alumni express lingering concerns over nixed programs, offices.
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Erin Patterson hosted four of her estranged husband's relatives for lunch in July 2023. Three of them later died of death cap mushroom poisoning. Nearly two years later, a jury has found her guilty.
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Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging population that could begin to shrink.
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At least 78 people are reported dead after flooding over the weekend. Meanwhile, residents are advised to be cautious over the next 24 to 48 hours as more rain threatens the area.
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As searchers continue to look for victims in the deadly flash flooding in Texas, officials are answering questions about the weather forecasts ahead of and during the storm.
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Timelapse video shows authorities blocking off a low water crossing over the Llano River in Kingsland just before flash flooding completely inundated the area in just 10 minutes.
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