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Virginia News
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The mayor spoke at VPM Media Corporation’s community block party in Historic Monroe Ward. -
Later, wearing a mask, the Alexandria-based runner told reporters he had COVID.
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The African American Civil Rights Network nod highlights the museum’s role in the movement.
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Construction on the nonprofit’s new headquarters begins Aug. 12.
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Some Shenandoah Valley crop yields could be 75% lower than expected.
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A tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for parts of Central Virginia.
NPR News
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A handful of dreadful losses — plus some drama between the team's biggest star and its new head coach — has the USMNT looking for a badly-needed rebound in this summer's Gold Cup tournament.
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Joey Chestnut was banned from the contest that made him famous after signing an endorsement deal with a company that makes plant-based proteins. The 16-time champ returns to Coney Island on July 4th.
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A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?
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Trump left the G7 summit early to focus on the rapidly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. And, the man suspected of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker faces federal murder charges.
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A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America's lead in technological innovation and even its national security.
Arts & Culture
- 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?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records
