Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Incumbent Cynthia Newbille is running against Eric Sundberg.
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Councilor Reva Trammell is defending the post against Frank Wilson Jr.
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Nicole Jones and Stephanie Starling are competing for the position.
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The division has created programs to help narrow the achievement gap.
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Rio District candidates discuss student mental health, charter schools and more
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After a decade on the panel, Chris Jones ousted in June primary
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TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of "Worst Cooks in America," has died. Medical examiners are set to determine what caused her death.
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Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't successful until earlier this month.
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President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.
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The highly anticipated text from the Senate is out — and it's already causing concern from GOP stakeholders in both chambers.
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Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.
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