Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
- New book examines the hidden histories and fights for equality of queer Virginians
- Chantal floods lead to water rescues, damaged buildings in central NC
- The feds' hidden immigration weapon: Virginia's surveillance network
- Charlottesville residents tour local Black history sites for July Fourth
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The legislation could also benefit Central Va. drug manufacturing.
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County, state officials are exploring alternative funding options.
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Initial estimates pegged the project at $3.5 billion.
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The hogs were raised by county staff after complications with their mother.
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Updated device policies go into effect in January.
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Can we change forestry practices in time to save declining eastern hardwood species?
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The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape.
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"There are no words to describe the pain, the disbelief and the grief that all of Austria feels right now," said the country's Chancellor Christian Stocker. "Our country has fallen silent in horror."
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Chinese exports of rare earth minerals, which are vital to carmakers and other industries, and China's access to high-end technology from the U.S., including computer chips, are high on the agenda.
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On May 30, a team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health got the word: Funding for their vaccine development program will end next year.
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Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground.
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