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A similar proposal previously was scuttled in committee.

Proposed rule would require dogs to remain leashed on most county land.

A daily visual dispatch from the 2025 General Assembly session.

General Assembly, Gov. Glenn Youngkin still have to approve the bill.

A package of bills would set new review processes and efficiency incentives.

In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.

An underground network of feminists and activists developed new models of care for abortion that eventually helped legalize abortion in countries across Latin America.

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.