Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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Connolly served in Congress for more than 16 years after over a decade as a Fairfax County supervisor.
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Who are a playground and community center in Richmond’s Museum District named after?
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The app uses AI to help reduce cost and access barriers to health care.
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The globe’s largest concentration of data centers is in Virginia.
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Rams staff, alumni express lingering concerns over nixed programs, offices.
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Roughly 40 data centers of varying sizes are located in the county.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., warns President Trump's cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting will negatively affect millions of people.
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A study of mice and people looks at how the brain takes an experience, like being cut off in traffic, and responds with an emotion, like road rage.
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Remember those assignments when you were little about what you wanted to be when you grow up? You might hear doctor, astronaut or Navy SEAL. Jonny Kim has been all three.
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Key NATO members are upping their defense posture in response to threats from Russia. Experts say the Trump administration's confrontational approach to the alliance is a factor as well.
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In dire situations, stress can make us panic and impair our ability to make lifesaving decisions. Emergency response professionals share the tactics they use to stay cool and collected on the job.
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