Some residents could have new internet service by February 2025.

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City leaders do not have a plan or timeline for voting to formally adopt the statement.

Five families sued the school division over a policy they say violates students’ rights.

Tainted deli meat caused 10 deaths, 61 illnesses and the closing of a Southside Virginia plant.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has argued the carbon market is a regressive tax.

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.