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RVA's Got Issues
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The Earth Month proposals would help the city meet waste reduction targets. -
Dr. Norman Oliver says the cuts would damage state efforts to upgrade technology systems, and reduce opioid use and STIs.
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The mayor’s proposal includes pay increases, rate hikes and program cuts.
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The funding is still contingent on General Assembly approval.
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The phrase, reportedly coined in Richmond to persuade Virginia colonists to prepare for war, has been used by protesters across the world.
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The $11.4B federal ‘claw back’ has led to layoffs and public health cuts nationwide.
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The Oval Office meeting went off the rails when President Trump started playing videos and repeating discredited claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa.
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Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.
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Mexico's president condemned the killings and said there would not be impunity. She said she was not aware of any threats against the mayor.
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Pressure from close allies is mounting on Israel following a nearly three-month blockade of supplies into Gaza. Even the United States has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.
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A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days. Another 4,000 of the animals died.
