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Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
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Virginia remains one of at least 20 states without a major league sports team.
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The former Richmond resident, who turned 24 last month while in captivity, has spent 200-plus days in captivity.
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The county will soon start construction on a five-mile portion of the multi-use trail.
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Frances W. McClenney’s daughter said she faced threats for working at the school.
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The two-term Richmond mayor says he’s instead running for lieutenant governor.
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Youngkin pitched the changes to Virginia’s two-year spending bill as a "Common Ground Budget."
NPR News
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"If you've made grilled cheese in a pan and you put a lid on there, it melts the cheese faster because the lid helps trap the heat," a National Weather Service official told NPR.
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Much of the Midwest and the East Coast are under a heat advisory or warning this week as dangerous heat continues. Here's how to stay cool.
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China is closely watching whether Israel and Iran can broker a ceasefire. Beijing gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.
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The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the flight of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet last year.
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Florida's attorney general says the migrant detention facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can stop the project.
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?