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A 911 call can leave first responders searching for the right address or the safest way into a scene. Newport News officials say drones could soon help answer those questions before crews arrive.
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Some routes will have more frequent service, while others will be discontinued or absorbed into more popular lines.
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“They did everything that people have told them — that institutions have told them — they did not do,” said Jajuan Johnson, Lemon Project interim director.
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In 1979, President Jimmy Carter designated June as Black Music Month, also known now as African American Music Appreciation Month; the purpose is to celebrate the African American musical influences in American history.
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Materials collected from both blue and green bins will go to the same new plant in Portsmouth.
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We return for the final chapter to Grantchester in the summer of 1963—each character standing at a crossroads that will shape their future.
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