Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning July 7.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Colonial Williamsburg's annual July 4 fireworks show draws thousands and requires a year of planning and agreeable weather to ensure safety.
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The full 2025 GOP ticket appeared together for the first time on Tuesday.
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A Henrico County judge issued a consent decree OKing the controversial practice.
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The justices are set to review lower court rulings in favor of trans students in Idaho and West Virginia.
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Congress passed the tax cut and spending megabill with President Trump's legislative priorities which includes new tax exemptions for tipped hourly workers. But how will it work?
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The bill includes a major federal investment for President Trump's mass deportation plans, while also limiting eligibility for some safety net programs based on immigration status.
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A ruling by London's High Court cited the domestic intelligence agency's failure to explain why representatives had repeatedly misled U.K. courts about an informant accused of violence against women.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. in March, says he was brutally beaten and subjected to psychological torture while held in one of El Salvador's most notorious prisons.
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Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village's board of trustees voted to buy it, in the hopes of creating a historic attraction.
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?