Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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More than a dozen local groups and businesses are accepting money, supplies.
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For some Southwest Virginia residents, recovery will take longer.
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A dozen trucks of supplies left Petersburg Friday.
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Plea deal requires 40 hours of community service, essay on free speech.
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The candidates have similar stories to tell and are both Navy veterans.
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In the new book Queer & Christian, author and pastor Brandan Robertson makes the case for reclaiming the bible, faith and the church for LGBTQ+ people.
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Immigration enforcement speeds up in LA regardless of military presence
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Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be sewing Thursday on Juneteenth.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, about U.S. policy on the conflict between Israel and Iran.
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Conflict has sown trauma in the western region of Colombia. Doctors Without Borders is working with local healers and health care professionals to come up with ways to help heal the psychic wounds.
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
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?