Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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County at 'impasse' with owner of 165 acres between Route 288, Woolridge Road
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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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The super-producer whose beats moved the boundaries of Top 40 radio is chasing a new revolution: digital superstars and the erasure of artistic process as we know it.
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Americans across the political spectrum like Medicaid and think it should get more funding, not less, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.
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On Tuesday, Virginia holds its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe Americans, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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On Morning Edition, former Secret Service agent Bill Gage and Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., assesses how elected officials will protect themselves from political attacks after a shooter killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounded another.
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The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.
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