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Virginia News
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Virginia lawmakers call for SNAP benefit increases as the solution.
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AAA forecasts the highest travel numbers in 23 years.
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The longtime science teacher and Rio District representative was sworn in last week.
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Andrea Sapone’s recently created oversight office is still hiring staff.
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At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint — they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.
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Partner company hopes to have the project up and running by the 2030s.
NPR News
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Fast-paced floodwaters in San Antonio left 13 people dead. West Virginia also witnessed at least three deaths from flash flooding, with more people missing.
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President Trump says Israel and Iran should make a deal to end their exchange of airstrikes. But there's no sign of a diplomatic solution on the horizon, and Trump is also warning Iran not to strike at any U.S. targets.
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The political assassination yesterday of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman was a shock to the people of the state and the country.
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NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalchi reports from Tel Aviv as Israel and Iran trade airstrikes for another night.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with immigration lawyer Lindsay Toczylowski about the condition of detainees swept up in the ongoing immigration arrests in Los Angeles.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records