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The Earth Month proposals would help the city meet waste reduction targets.

Dr. Norman Oliver says the cuts would damage state efforts to upgrade technology systems, and reduce opioid use and STIs.

The mayor’s proposal includes pay increases, rate hikes and program cuts.

The funding is still contingent on General Assembly approval.

The phrase, reportedly coined in Richmond to persuade Virginia colonists to prepare for war, has been used by protesters across the world.

It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.

Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal.

Facing allegations of sexual misconduct, Karim Khan has temporarily stepped aside as a U.N. investigation enters its final stage, the International Criminal Court announced Friday.

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. It said it's not directly addressing whether the invocation of the act was legal.

An attempt by DOGE to assign a team to the independent Government Accountability Office was rejected Friday. The GAO is part of the legislative branch and not subject to DOGE's request.