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Virginia News
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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.
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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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The super-producer whose beats moved the boundaries of Top 40 radio is chasing a new revolution: digital superstars and the erasure of artistic process as we know it.
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Americans across the political spectrum like Medicaid and think it should get more funding, not less, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.
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On Tuesday, Virginia holds its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe Americans, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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On Morning Edition, former Secret Service agent Bill Gage and Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., assesses how elected officials will protect themselves from political attacks after a shooter killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounded another.
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The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.
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