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The journalist unpacks how the ocean helped her discover her history.
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RTL helped popularize kids shows like Dragon Tales and Between the Lions.
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Updated: The cuts affect more than 150 people serving in the commonwealth.
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To account for immediate tariff impacts, the utility plans to increase customers' monthly energy bills by an average of 4 cents over the life of the project.
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The Henrico facility is part of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $500M mental health initiative.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning May 5.
NPR News
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Human eyes have only seen a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the areas of the world that are covered by deep water. Scientists want to change how they explore these regions.
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A U.S. official has confirmed to NPR that the Trump administration is planning to deport migrants to Libya, but a federal judge blocked any deportations there without due process.
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Cory Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, says he was inspired to enter the race after his half-brother's inauguration. A Republican last ran for Cincinnati mayor, unsuccessfully, in 2009.
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Rümeysa Öztürk has been detained at a federal facility in Louisiana after being arrested on the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25 by six plainclothes agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.
Arts & Culture
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
- Shockoe Institute breaks ground for new center in Richmond