Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Almost 1,000 seniors took classes for free during the 2022-23 school year.
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In a surprise joint appearance, President Biden and Vice President Harris joined former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance at Ground Zero for a Sept. 11 memorial event.
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State to release final guidance on Sept. 16.
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Harris’ lead in two Va. polls is larger than the margin of error.
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Residents are being urged to finish storm preparations. Francine is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to Louisiana, Mississippi, southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle.
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The 9 p.m. Tuesday event offers a look at a race that’s dramatically changed since July.
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The attacks came as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a visit to the United Kingdom, where he met privately with King Charles III.
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Ten people were on board the 27-foot (8-meter) vessel when it flipped Saturday afternoon on the lake's southwest edge, as the storm whipped up high waves, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.
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Eric Johnson's husband, Dennis Hopkins, was given a 50% chance of surviving lung cancer. During one hospital stay, they met their unsung hero, a nurse named Sherry.
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Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.
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President Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities without first consulting Congress has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers who say the move bypasses their constitutional authority to declare war.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- 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