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Inside Volvo's New River Valley plant, where automated robots are increasingly used to build trucks
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (29+ words) Volvo may turn more of its assembly line in the New River Valley over to robots in the coming years. It's a trend many manufacturing companies are exploring....
Cardinal Conversation: A new kind of nuclear fuel
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (53+ words) WVTF Cardinal Conversation: A new kind of nuclear fuel A Lynchburg company is heavily involved in work on a new kind of nuclear fuel and the reactors that would use it. Cardinal News is a non-profit, online, independent news organization…...
VCU to create memorial for people, most of African descent, whose remains were dumped in a well
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (30+ words) The Richmond school's board of visitors voted to fund what VCU calls the East Marshall Street Well Project, an effort to right wrongs committed more than a century ago....
Washington, D. C. biologists wait for bald eagles to hatch
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (71+ words) WVTF Washington, D. C. biologists wait for bald eagles to hatch Wildlife biologists in the nation's capital are monitoring a massive bald eagle nest where eaglets are expected to appear any day now. Here & Now's Scott Tong joined wildlife biologist Dan Rauch…...
Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (89+ words) WVTF Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges, alleging that the civil rights group violated federal law by paying its network of informants…...
Ahead of Monday's hearing, former Virginia AG Cuccinelli backs legal challenge against redistricting
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (371+ words) Virginians voted Tuesday in favor of a constitutional amendment that would redraw the state's congressional districts to favor Democrats. But the Supreme Court of Virginia will hear oral arguments in a case that could overturn that election Monday. For former…...
Virginia Marine Resources Commission considers another petition to study Chesapeake Bay menhaden
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (491+ words) The day Virginians went to the polls on redistricting, another vote was taking place at the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. It was on a fourth petition questioning whether there is enough menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay to support the marine…...
Paid family leave is on the way, but Spanberger must decide on paid sick leave bill
3+ day, 57+ min ago (259+ words) Virginians will soon have access to paid family leave. But, what happens to a bill that would implement paid sick leave is up to the governor. Senator Jennifer Boysko is a Democrat from Herndon who has been trying to pass…...
Pope & Schapiro: Redistricting, Spanberger's amendments, and the budget
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (37+ words) WVTF Pope & Schapiro: Redistricting, Spanberger's amendments, and the budget There's been movement in the fights over redistricting and the state budget. But neither has reached a conclusion....
Two Virginia universities join forces to purchase new genomic sequencing machine
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (301+ words) Virginia Tech and Virginia Commonwealth University are partnering on the purchase of a new genomic sequencing machine. Both universities say they can achieve more by sharing resources. The machine is called Illumina Nova Seq X Plus, and it untangles sequencing…...