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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.
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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.
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This year, the annual list from the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a mysterious castle, flooded communities in Florida and North Carolina, historic hotels and a gigantic turtle.
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Roughly 200,000 Afghans came to the U.S. after the Taliban seized control in Afghanistan in 2021. Many are worried about their future as President Trump has steadily eliminated legal protections.
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The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump Administration to start executing its ban on trans military service members. And, the conclave to elect the Catholic Church's new leader begins today.
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