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If you happened to be a pygmy hippo born in 2024, then you’re an internet superstar. The world first went…
9/11-related illnesses have killed more FDNY members than died in World Trade Center attack
Twenty-three years ago today, 343 members of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) were killed in…
Insisting that “the defense of democracy is more important than any title,” President Joe Biden on Wednesday explained in an Oval Office…
Cancer survivor says embryos with an ex-husband are her last chance to have a baby. Ex-husband wants to avoid procreating against his will
A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that…
Virginia becomes first state to allow colleges and universities to directly pay student athletes through name, image and likeness deals
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed measure into law Thursday that allows state colleges and universities to directly pay their athletes…
Car dealership owner turned politician goes back to college to study AI, machine learning: ‘There won’t be robots with red eyes coming after us any time soon’
Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U.S. to set up a website. As a representative, the…
Collapse of deal to bring Washington Wizards and Capitals to Virginia sets off round of bitter recriminations and allegations of slander
The majority owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals, Ted Leonsis, told a crowd in December he had “goosebumps” at the…
Virginia governor vetoes bill that would have boosted minimum wage from $12 to $15 over two years, saying it wasn’t needed
Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail…
There may be few regions in the U.S. that check their environmental pulse as often as the Chesapeake Bay. Awash…
Virginia’s multibillion-dollar plan to lure the Wizards and Capitals away from DC clears first hurdle in legislature
Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily…