Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The springs’ water was tested until the 1970s, a Valentine curator says.
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Superintendent says “hard choices” are coming for the division.
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More than 650 people requested fare-free rides in December.
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Richardson, Claiborne serving life in prison despite 1998 murder acquittal.
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The state plans to appeal a decision finding its departure from RGGI unlawful.
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The president ordered all government employees to return to office.
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78th Tony Awards preview: What to expect on Broadway's biggest night
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In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, correspondent Carrie Johnson talks about her investigation into the power dynamics between federal judges and their staffs, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.
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The 21-year-old American star battled back over three sets to defeat the world's top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff is the first American to win at Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015.
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Israel said it had retrieved the body of Nattapong Pinta, who was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. He had come to Israel to work in agriculture.
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A former police chief and convicted killer known as the "Devil in the Ozarks" was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles from the prison he escaped from following a nearly two-week-long manhunt.
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- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad