Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Drummer T.K. Johnson joined the Colombian pop star on her “Mañana Será Bonito” tour.
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Several finance department employees have been fired since June.
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A state water official said the odor's cause had been identified, but not its source.
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Almost half of Central Virginia’s Hispanic population lives in the county.
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Virginia's conservative Black female lieutenant governor wants the state's top job.
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“This ordinance did not just ‘fall out of a coconut tree.’”
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President Trump demanded that Israel back off further attacks on Iran after accusing both countries of violating the ceasefire.
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NPR's Michel Martin asks Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, about the Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase in Qatar.
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With heat indices over 100 degrees across much of the country, it's hot out there. But is it too hot for kids to be outside?
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Carol Moseley Braun is no stranger to stepping into new territory. She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate now she shares that experience a new memoir.
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For weeks, federal prosecutors have laid out their case against Sean Combs in a Manhattan courtroom. His attorneys should begin presenting their defense on Tuesday. They aren't expected to take long.
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