Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The plan would reassign about 1,200 students to new schools.
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Implementation will cost around $2.8 million.
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The city’s utilities department says the system is now "fully operational."
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He will lead the upcoming Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at UVA.
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It’s unclear why council dismissed Osuna after nearly six years in the role.
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The federal government’s decision was also a “complete surprise” to UVA.
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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.
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The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.
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