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Virginia News
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About 8% percent of plastic bottles are recycled in the commonwealth.
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Look at the year in Central Virginia news through our photojournalist's eyes.
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Jubilee was denied attendance to Longwood during Jim Crow in the 1960s.
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The Master Plan podcast examines Associate Justice Lewis Powell Jr. and ex-Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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Two moderate House Democrats with national security backgrounds came to Congress in the first Trump era. Now they're running for governor, in races that could be a referendum on Trump's second term.
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Beato Ortiz Hernández was born with the Mexican food staple.
NPR News
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The Trump administration's immigration enforcement mostly left farms and meat packing plants alone, until coordinated raids last week. Now, President Trump is signaling continued support for farmers.
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The Los Angeles Press Club says police officers repeatedly used "less-lethal" bullets and violated the constitutional rights of reporters covering anti-ICE protests.
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A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally.
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The federal judge in the case says she hopes to decide next week on whether to block indefinitely President Trump's June 4th order on Harvard's international students.
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Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government.
Arts & Culture
- 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
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?