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The historic road appears along U.S. Route 250 and in parts of Richmond, Henrico.
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Youngkin is considering legislation to raise the minimum age to 18 — without exceptions.
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The program could help Richmond work with private organizations to target specific environmental burdens.
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The vetoes come a day after the conclusion of a $2 billion arena deal Youngkin championed.
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When the General Assembly reconvenes April 17, it will consider Youngkin's proposal.
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It's a more definitive end to the proposal than the General Assembly's legislative stonewalling.
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Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.
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The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and fireball coming from Georgia and South Carolina, the National Weather Service said.
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On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts.
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Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, has died at 91.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That."
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?