Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The Fan school, damaged by fire in 2022, is set to reopen this fall.
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Republican's proposal would prevent hedge funds, investors from buying single-family homes.
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They said it would allow Richmonders to make up lost income post–water outages.
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Dem-sponsored proposal fails for second consecutive year
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"Virginia is growing. Virginia is competing. Virginia is winning."
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Virginia AG Jason Miyares, five others sued to stop the executive's changes.
NPR News
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The magazine Nature announced the results of its annual Scientist at Work photography contest. The six winning entries are a set of dramatic, intimate portraits of research from all over the globe.
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Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, explains why the Trump administration has deployed National Guard and Marine troops to Los Angeles amid protests against immigration raids.
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Seattle, along with other cities, is struggling to balance the need for more housing with the preservation and growth of trees that help address the impacts of climate change.
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The crackdown on the video game and its users is just the latest in what democracy and human rights advocates say is an erosion of Hong Kong's civil rights and freedoms.
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Insurance costs are soaring, and coverage is hard to find in some parts of the United States. Communities say insurers are ignoring their efforts to confront the problem.
Arts & Culture
- 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