
Virginia farmers grow millions of poinsettias for the holidays: $10.3M business
Besides fresh Christmas trees, few florae exemplify the holiday spirit like poinsettias—and local growers are ready for the season.

Besides fresh Christmas trees, few florae exemplify the holiday spirit like poinsettias—and local growers are ready for the season.

The Trump administration followed through on its plans to exit the Treaty on Open Skies, a pact signed in 1992 that was intended to reduce the risk of war by allowing Russia and the West to carry out unarmed reconnaissance flights over each other’s territories.

Funding authorized by the CARES Act to make broadband more accessible is set to expire on Dec. 30.

On mountain peaks, trees experiencing warmer weather are gradually moving higher than established tree lines. Along Virginia’s coast, sea levels are rising by as much as 1 inch every four years.

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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) applauded congressional passage of their bipartisan legislation to require minimum security requirements for Internet of Things devices purchased by the U.S. government.

The U.S. is slated to leave the Treaty on Open Skies on Sunday, and another key nuclear arms control agreement, New START, is set to expire in just over two months.

There are some things that don’t change. Even as the nation grapples with the twin distractions of political theater and a viral pandemic, there are still deadlier forces at play.

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The popularity of Bitcoin is sky-rocketing day after day, and it is becoming a common household name. A cryptocurrency with an ambiguous origin is now on its way to become an integral and important part of the world economy.
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