Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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Virginia News
NPR News
Virginia News
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City sets noon press conference; reservoir "almost at full capacity."
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Officials issued the advisory after a pump failure at a water treatment facility.
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Thousands are without power, water as temperatures hover around freezing.
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Three special elections could determine control of the General Assembly.
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Dozens of Virginians have been convicted or accused of crimes at the 2021 riot.
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Energy and public safety are also among local officials’ top issues.
NPR News
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Agents have typically taken a commission on the sale of a home that totals 5% to 6% of the price. But new rules have created an opening for brokers who charge much less.
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The weekend bombing of a Palm Springs, Calif., fertility clinic has cast a fresh spotlight on a 19th century philosophy linked to Russian revolutionaries. What does "nihilism" mean?
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Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.
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President Trump wants to reframe how the country's stories are told. But historians are pushing back, saying the administration's actions amount to an attack on core institutions — and on history itself.
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The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.