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Virginia News
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Activists, former maternity home residents grapple with a complicated legacy.
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Crouse played field hockey for Cox High School on her way to the Olympic team.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was one of two Americans believed to be wrongfully detained.
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UVA Health plans to launch new groups in August and September.
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The Salvation Army is the city’s only overnight shelter for unhoused people.
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Officials are seeking public comment on new environmental requirements.
NPR News
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At least three residents were killed in the Enderlin area by a tornado on Friday night after storms hit North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.
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The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an airport tried to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. The pilot and a passenger were killed.
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Israel has begun allowing food into Gaza. Most of the supplies go to GHF, which operates food distribution points. A trickle of aid goes to the U.N. and humanitarian groups. Both systems are mired in chaos.
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A hot-air balloon caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people, firefighters said. Thirteen people survived and were taken to hospitals.
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