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Two teachers were injured a day after the state’s top inspector announced an audit.
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East Coast ports will likely see the true impacts of the trade war later in May.
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Lawyers say the cases could erode trust in the integrity of the justice system.
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More than one-third of Virginia’s rural hospitals are running at a loss.
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Residents expressed concern about overdevelopment at a meeting Tuesday.
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Staff say they feel erased and disrespected amid the office's dissolution.
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump "made a very good move" in meeting with Syria's interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel's neighbor.
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The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.
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It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.
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A researcher monitoring Axial Seamount, 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, says the eruption is expected to happen before the year is over.
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Nearly 200 officials from public radio stations across the country are descending on Capitol Hill to seek to convince lawmakers to maintain funding for public broadcasting despite President Trump's campaign against it.