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Virginia News
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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.
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Tenants owing back rent can sign up by Aug. 31 to avoid eviction.
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A pilot study in Virginia is testing whether drones can deliver defibrillators — before first responders.
NPR News
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A money-obsessed NYC matchmaker is wooed by a financial investor and a cater waiter in a romantic drama that has its protagonist finding strength and emotional growth via a side character's suffering.
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The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language of the far right, Christian anti-abortion movement.
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There's a specific kind of math that could determine just how much longer the war can go — how many long-range missiles Iran has versus how many missile interceptors Israel has to shoot them down.
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Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for Voice of America and its sister news outlets wonder what happens to them now that the Trump administration has gutted their parent agency.
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The watchdog group American Oversight had asked a federal judge to order top national security officials to preserve any messages they may have sent on the private messaging app Signal.
Arts & Culture
- 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
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?