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The pro-Palestinian demonstration has been peaceful and relatively small since it began several days earlier.
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A new study by the non-profit Climate Central shows weather-related power outages are on the rise, and our region – the southeast – had the largest number of major power outages – taking a toll on at least 50,000 customers at a time. Sandy Hausman reports on changes we need to make to protect against increasingly common storms.
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Primaries for Congress are only a few weeks away, and new fundraising numbers are giving an indication of where the race stands.
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Primaries top the list of political topics in the news over the last few days.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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You may have heard the buzz in the media that 13-year cicadas will begin emerging across the South this week, until mid-June. But only a handful of Virginia counties are likely to see them.
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While the spirit of the lab school program is supported by many, the funding—directly from the state and given to public and private colleges— has been a source of budget fights.
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For some people, retirement means a chance to travel the world, while others prefer to stay home and play pickleball or golf. For Robert Hale, however, it’s been a very different experience. He crisscrosses the Commonwealth each week, sometimes driving more than a thousand miles to visit and counsel incarcerated people.
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Charlottesville will start its celebration of wine week Friday with a variety of events planned. About 20% of Virginia’s wine is produced in and around the city where Thomas Jefferson dreamed of launching an industry. And that dream appears to be coming true.
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This summer, a new law will go into effect, and it may mean you pay a higher electric bill — money that will go toward development of nuclear power.
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Experts have raised alarms about the potential of artificial intelligence to cause problems for humanity, but in the field of medicine it’s already making a positive difference. At the University of Virginia, for example, computer scientists are experimenting with a way to help caregivers do a difficult and frustrating job – caring for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia.
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Glenn Youngkin is a former private equity executive who, like other governors, has made business recruitment a vocal priority.
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When Foxfield hosts its celebrated steeplechase in Charlottesville this month, a new race is planned. It’s named for a legendary horse, offers a prize of $50,000 and will honor the animal’s owner who turns 94 this year.