The flight of Artemis II has inspired a new generation of Americans to think about space, but even before NASA returned to rocket travel, astronomers at the University of Virginia were hoping to learn more about the universe with the help of a new telescope.
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Three recent national studies have found as many as ten mostly rural Virginia hospitals at risk of closure under new federal Medicaid rules. While no closures are seen as imminent, research suggests the state could lose a large share of its current federal Medicaid funding over the next five years.
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The disparity between Black and white people was especially stark when temperatures dipped to the low teens.
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The middle-school years are a time of major physical and psychological change – a time when many kids are deciding who they are and where they’d like to go in life. That’s why a school in Charlottesville has organized a math marathon.
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Virginia isn’t exactly dropping out of the Electoral College. But now that it’s joining the National Popular Vote Compact, those 13 electoral votes could go to whoever wins the popular vote nationwide, even if Virginia votes the other way.
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Patients and colleagues are remembering Dr. Cerina Fairfax as a devoted mother, a caring dentist and the rock at the center of her family.
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All Virginians are being asked to minimize their water usage and detect and repair any leaks.
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“Blacker Than a Hundred Midnights Down in a Cypress Swamp” centers on the 1970s work of painter Mary Lovelace O’Neal.
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Music can soothe and calm our nerves, and playing music can also have a powerful emotional impact. Music therapists are trained to use music in therapeutic settings. Last year, Virginia began a new program to license this profession.
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Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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People across Virginia are expressing shock and grief over a murder-suicide in Northern Virginia early Thursday morning. Police say former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax killed his wife, Dr. Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, and then killed himself.
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