Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Updated: Registrar Keith Balmer confirmed Barbara Burgo’s removal from 3rd District.
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Races in Northern Virginia and Virginia Beach could help decide control of the U.S. House.
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Central Virginia Transportation Authority says robust transit crucial to economy.
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Voters who missed the Oct. 15 registration cutoff can still vote — with extra steps.
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Mayor Levar Stoney previously rejected the model.
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Public tours at the Williamsburg Bray School are expected to begin in 2025.
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The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.
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Former Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board members said the Trump administration usurped their authority by denying awards to "a substantial number" of the individuals it had selected for the program.
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Some early filers say worries about the future under the Trump administration moved up their timelines.
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Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing separate concurring opinions.
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A unanimous Supreme Court said a family whose house was wrongly raided by law enforcement can sue.
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