Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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“I don't think that everybody having clear bookbags has cured my anxiety.”
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The illness is caused by a parasite, which makes it different from many well-known tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme.
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Health care and reproductive rights are top issues for the Chesterfield lawmaker.
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The candidates have clashed on their views of the role of the city’s chief prosecutor.
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A young child was diagnosed in Charlottesville last week.
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The agreement could be the first step to building alternative energy projects.
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The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.
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We look at an Altadena resident who has made it her mission to help reunite keepsakes that survived the LA fires — photos, kids art, postcards — with their owners.
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Heath Druzin talks about what he learned about coexisting with wolves while making his podcast Howl, from Boise State Public Radio.
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NPR's Pien Huang speaks with pediatrician Alexandra Cvijanovich and Professor Jason L. Schwartz about trying to shore up trust about vaccines.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jennifer Senior has had insomnia for 25 years. Her new piece in The Atlantic is about her often futile attempts to fall asleep, and about the latest research into insomnia.
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