Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The standards — ordered by the governor — are more than seven months overdue.
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Active listings are at their highest level since 2020.
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The Chesapeake Bay Foundation called the latest numbers “extremely distressing.”
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The document, which has gone missing for decades at a time, is being restored by the Library of Virginia.
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The position has been open since April 2024.
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Nonprofit GroundworkRVA sees the farm as a way to provide fresh food and life skills.
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Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the coast of Southern California. Some sea lions are now being released back into the wild.
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Level up your knowledge of mosquito bite prevention with our quiz. It's full of surprising, science-backed tactics that may save you from getting eaten alive this summer.
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There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas well, plugged when she was a little girl, starting to leak again.
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A new study in the journal JAMA finds the health of America's children has worsened across several key indicators over the last two decades. That includes the number of children with chronic diseases.
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The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.
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