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The governor said that appointees would need to be rejected by Virginia House or Senate.
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- Verizon phone outage affecting Albemarle County government, police
- Hampton Roads troops are part of build up after U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear facilities
- Cooling centers open in Central Virginia during the season's first heat wave
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Final Senate vote this session expected Tuesday -
President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office at noon followed by a presidential parade, signing ceremony and inaugural balls.
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President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."
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A similar proposal previously was scuttled in committee.
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Proposed rule would require dogs to remain leashed on most county land.
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An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.
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June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.
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Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon are damaging ecosystems and an Indigenous way of life.
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NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don't.
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The festival, which kicks off Sunday morning, is set to take place at the same site where a group was attacked with Molotov cocktails during a vigil for Israeli hostages in Gaza last week.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records
