Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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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.
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Five families sued the school division over a policy they say violates students’ rights.
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Latinos are the nation’s second fastest-growing bloc, with 36 million eligible voters.
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Tainted deli meat caused 10 deaths, 61 illnesses and the closing of a Southside Virginia plant.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
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President Trump's approach to deportations is giving Democrats a unifying message in opposition to him. But the Democratic Party still lacks a common vision for what it would do differently.
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After signaling that Khalil could be released Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz accepted the government's shifting explanation for Khalil's continued detention.
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On Saturday, anti-Trump demonstrations are being planned around the country, as well as a military parade in Washington, D.C. Saturday is also President Trump's 79th birthday.
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Early satellite imagery appears to show some damage at Iran's main site.
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