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Implementation will cost around $2.8 million.
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The city’s utilities department is implementing eight corrective actions.
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He will lead the upcoming Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at UVA.
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It’s unclear why council dismissed Osuna after nearly six years in the role.
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The federal government’s decision was also a “complete surprise” to UVA.
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Almost 40% of the county’s 2024 homicides were from instances of IPV.
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José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.
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On the witness stand on Wednesday, the singer at the center of the prosecution's case testified that her decade-long relationship with Combs was ruled by fear and violence.
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On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump's plans to change it even more.
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The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
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A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.
Arts & Culture
- Tara Roberts helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
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