Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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In 2020, Joe Biden won 6 of 7 closely watched states. This year, Donald Trump won all seven.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has argued the carbon market is a regressive tax.
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College Attainment for Parent Students began at some VCCS schools in 2023.
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A sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 4 in Albemarle County Circuit Court.
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Utility also filed a supplement to its long-term plan
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“Everybody embraces him just like their own son.”
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Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.
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The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an airport tried to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. The pilot and a passenger were killed.
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Israel has begun allowing food into Gaza. Most of the supplies go to GHF, which operates food distribution points. A trickle of aid goes to the U.N. and humanitarian groups. Both systems are mired in chaos.
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A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals.
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Wearing traditional cosmetic face masks from their homeland of Madagascar, they agreed to be photographed to take a stand.
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