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The money deals with flooding and sea level rise, and could help cope with electricity demand.
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Changes don’t necessarily mean staff will be laid off.
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Emissions’ social costs can help guide investments.
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The track’s new operator aims to reopen as soon as next year.
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Experts say the best way to prevent the disease is to get the MMR vaccine.
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The state inspector general’s office took issue with cash handling and inspections.
NPR News
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On the witness stand on Wednesday, the singer at the center of the prosecution's case testified that her decade-long relationship with Combs was ruled by fear and violence.
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On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump's plans to change it even more.
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The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
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A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.
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Consumer prices in April were up 2.3% from a year ago, the smallest annual increase in more than four years. Grocery prices fell 0.4%, thanks to a large drop in the price of eggs.
Arts & Culture
- Tara Roberts helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks
- 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
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