As President Trump pledges to revive ‘beautiful’ coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But who stands to benefit?
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The division head is proposing about $14M in cuts to balance spending.
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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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Michael Gonzales, the ambassador to Zambia, announced at an emotional press conference that the U.S. would cut $50 million in aid due to theft of medications.
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The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Vinay Kwatra, Indian ambassador to the U.S., about the violent conflict between India and Pakistan.
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Chinese consumers have less and less confidence to splurge, which spells trouble for government efforts to jump-start consumer spending to offset deflation and mitigate the trade war with the U.S.
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President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.
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- 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
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