As President Trump pledges to revive ‘beautiful’ coal, Virginia’s coal counties have largely moved on to new ventures. But who stands to benefit?
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The 75-year-old has served in Congress since 2009.
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The city would use the site for a preschool, schools offices; UVA would expand program offerings.
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They resemble slot machines, and their legality is hotly contested.
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The GOP nominee says a social media account containing explicit photos is part of a campaign to force him out of the race.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 28.
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The planned amendment would outlaw new tobacco or hemp retail across most of the entire city.
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This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.
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The agency is taking steps to remove prescription fluoride treatments that children swallow.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Col. Bree Fram, an openly transgender member of the U.S. Space Force, about the Supreme Court upholding Trump's ban on transgender military service members.
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The updated dress code prohibits nudity on the Red Carpet and in other areas of the festival. The new rules surprised one jury member, who had to make a last-minute outfit change.
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At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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