Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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In 2020, Joe Biden won 6 of 7 closely watched states. This year, Donald Trump won all seven.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin has argued the carbon market is a regressive tax.
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College Attainment for Parent Students began at some VCCS schools in 2023.
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A sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 4 in Albemarle County Circuit Court.
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Utility also filed a supplement to its long-term plan
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“Everybody embraces him just like their own son.”
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People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.
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In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners behind the news and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Kentucky Public Radio's Sylvia Goodman and Joe Sonka discuss their reporting on the potential impact of President Trump's major tax and spending bill on health care in their state, for this week's Reporter's Notebook.
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The town of Swannanoa is a mess after Helene. Some businesses may never reopen — including the only grocery store. "Swannanoa is a food desert," says the head of a nonprofit that brings in fresh food.
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Israel's military says the nine nuclear scientists killed played spent decades working on Iran's nuclear program.
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A lot happened this week, and NPR has you covered. Catch up on the big news and culture moments you might have missed.
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- 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