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Virginia News
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The felony criminal charges are highly uncommon in the commonwealth.
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Funding will support research on sea-level rise, coastal flooding.
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The Shockoe Institute is scheduled to open in fall 2025.
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Desflurane is the most potent greenhouse gas among inhaled anesthetics.
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He insisted “the defense of democracy is more important than any title.”
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ReEstablish Richmond is set to help 200 new Virginians start driving.
NPR News
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The Trump administration's plans to convert some 50,000 civil servants into at-will employees has some worried that essential government functions will be politicized.
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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says President Trump's decision to strike Iran leaves the U.S. in a "dangerous" moment and he worries it may speed up its efforts to build a nuclear weapon.
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After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.
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National parks enter their busiest season understaffed and underfunded. Morning Edition visited Joshua Tree to speak with local business owners and a park ranger feeling the impact.
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Siarhei Tsikhanouski is almost unrecognizable. Belarus' key opposition figure, spent years in solitary confinement. He credits U.S. President Trump in aiding with his release over the weekend.
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?