Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Secret shopper survey results say the contracted companies are not delivering.
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One senator had been preparing to ask the president to step aside.
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Richmonders stopped by the Virginia Home Grown (VHG) booth at the RVA Big Market to hear gardening tips, updates on the production of the latest season and more.
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If finalized, a path to separate the joint division with Williamsburg would take years and require the state to agree with the plan.
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Two radio hosts in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin admitted to interviewing Biden with questions provided by his team, which violates many newsroom policies. One of them has resigned.
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Brodesser-Akner's novel centers on the kidnapping of a rich businessman, and the impact, decades later, on his grown children. Her previous book is Fleishman Is In Trouble.
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Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and UVA Law School professor Amanda Frost discuss how the Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship could apply to states.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and Domenico Montanaro discuss the decision
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NPR's Steve Inskeep and Carrie Johnson analyze the decision
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At issue was President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent US status.
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