‘Public health threat’: pediatrician encourages legislation against gun violence
Dr. Kathryn Bass grew up on the southside of Chicago where the 4th of July shooting happened in Highland Park one month ago.
Dr. Kathryn Bass grew up on the southside of Chicago where the 4th of July shooting happened in Highland Park one month ago.

Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling allowed existing DACA recipients to apply for two-year renewals while the court case moves through appeals, but it prohibits approval of any new applications.

Eight-three percent of animals that entered shelters in the United States in 2021 were saved. But 355,000 were euthanized, according to recent data from the Best Friends Animal Society. Half of these animals were euthanized in California, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and Alabama.

On Friday the House of Representatives approved the Big Cat Public Safety Act to prohibit keeping tigers, lions and other big cat species as pets, and ban direct public contact.

In an age of overcriminalization, round-the-clock surveillance, and a police state eager to flex its muscles in a show of power, we are all guilty of some transgression or other.

The X2 Comedy Series returns to Court Square Theater on Saturday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the next week.

The Blue Ridge Health District has released a survey to gather information for people at high risk of exposure to monkeypox who are interested in getting a vaccination.

Former president Donald Trump is getting millions from the Saudis to host a golf tournament 50 miles from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks financed by the Saudi government.

The journey began a year ago, when the U.S. Senate passed a bill that raised the expectation for the United States to get back into the semiconductor manufacturing game.
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