Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Members OK’d the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the method for 2025.
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U.S. Senate and House, as well as council and school board races could change the tone of politics.
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The Oct. 1 event will be hosted at VPM studios in Chesterfield County.
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2019 research suggested low housing supply, increasing costs could harm the region's economy.
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Law firm representing hotel staff's health fund says resort owes $2.4M.
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There have been reports of roads buckling due to extreme heat in multiple states, including Wisconsin, Missouri, and Delaware. Why is this happening?
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Scientists modeled what it would take for a woman to run the mile in under four minutes. NPR's A Martinez talks with researcher Rodger Kram about the prospects for women's world record holder Faith Kipyegon from Kenya.
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Richard Gerald Jordan, the longest-serving man on Mississippi's death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer's wife in a violent ransom scheme.
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NATO's summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday has been described as "transformational" and "historic."
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The action lays bare the administration's attempt to exert its will over immigration enforcement, and a growing anger at federal judges who have blocked executive branch actions they see as lawless.
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