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RVA's Got Issues
Headwaters Down
Un-wine'd
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Virginia News
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Some Republican-led states are going against a broader trend and restricting who can participate in primary elections, in an effort to have more ideological purity among their nominees. -
Israel and Hamas are trying again this week to reach a cease-fire deal. There are some encouraging signs: Hamas appears to have shifted its position on at least one key issue.
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At least three deaths were reported after Beryl's landfall. In Houston, the storm flooded roads and took down traffic lights. Cleanup could take weeks, officials said.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Vali Nasr, Middle East Studies professor at Johns Hopkins University, about the election of a reformist president in Iran, and prospects for policy changes.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Tom Florsheim, one of the business leaders who signed an open letter calling on President Biden to step aside from his 2024 reelection campaign.
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A new study finds that people tend to partner up with people of similar attractiveness.
NPR News
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As the world reacted to news of U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, international officials largely responded with alarm and calls for restraint.
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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Nicole Grajewski of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the role Russia and China could play in de-escalating the Iran-Israel conflict.
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The Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., includes a section of graves of LGBTQ Americans. We take a pride month tour.
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Smith once said he came up with the name Federal Express because he wanted the company to sound big and important when in fact it was a start-up operation with a future far from assured.
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Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.
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?
