Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The county is overhauling its 1970s-era zoning rules.
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Data shows federal health cuts will harm rural communities nationwide.
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The un-revoked terminations impact at least 40 Virginia students, graduates.
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Councilors remained split on raises for some of the city’s top earners.
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The 75-year-old has served in Congress since 2009.
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The city would use the site for a preschool, schools offices; UVA would expand program offerings.
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A new study from Yale University finds that singing to babies improves their overall mood. NPR wants to know what songs our listeners sing to their babies.
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The president called former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins a victim "persecuted by the Radical left monsters and left for dead."
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
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Amy Connor's twin sons were born 10 weeks before their due date. One of her sons needed a blood transfusion that met specific requirements. They eventually found a match.
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Reports of deadly shootings by the Israeli military close to a new food distribution site in Gaza are coming under heavy criticism from the U.S.-backed group distributing the food.
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