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She founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and was an advocate for many causes.
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Calls for metal detectors, clear bags increase after recent threats.
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Agrivoltaics are generating electricity — and pollinating crops — in Dillwyn.
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The student is permitted to play this year as the case moves forward.
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The city’s current rate is among the highest in the region.
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Supply could be impacted for weeks following Hurricane Helene.
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On Tuesday, Virginia holds its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe Americans, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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On Morning Edition, former Secret Service agent Bill Gage and Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., assesses how elected officials will protect themselves from political attacks after a shooter killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounded another.
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The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.
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Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles.
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Members of Congress from both parties are calling for security updates following the weekend attack in Minnesota where a gunman killed one state lawmaker and her husband and left another state lawmaker and his wife wounded.