Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The former Richmond mayor says he wants to emphasize housing in the state’s No. 2 job.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning June 9.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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City Council is expected to confirm Donald, most recently chief of staff to Atlanta's mayor, next week.
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The longtime Henrico prosecutor is seeking the Democratic nomination this month.
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Legislators were told a move to the secretary of health and human resources could "hinder" its mission.
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There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.
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A new study in the journal JAMA finds the health of America's children has worsened across several key indicators over the last two decades. That includes the number of children with chronic diseases.
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The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
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Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.
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Some 76,000 people from Nicaragua and Honduras were covered by TPS, which provides protection from deportation and grants work permits to people from certain nations affected by war or natural disasters.
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