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PNS Daily Newscast - July 23, 2019

A bipartisan deal reached to avert U.S. government default. Also on our Tuesday rundown: a new report calculates the high hospital costs for employers. Plus, new legislation could help protect Florida's at-risk wildlife.

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Without action, higher temperatures will affect more Americans than ever in the decades ahead, according to a new report on climate change by the Union of Concerned Scientists. (Adobe Stock)

More Killer Heat in Store for VA's Future

Monday, July 22, 2019

RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia and other parts of the United States will have a lot more killer heat waves like the one that started this weekend if ...Read More

A congressional investigation has found that nine migrant children younger than a year old and 18 younger than two have been forcibly separated from their families and held in detention. (Office Of Refugee Resettlement/Wikipedia)

Family Separation, Detention of Minors Called Child Abuse

Thursday, July 18, 2019

RICHMOND, Va. – Social workers and mental health professionals are trying to have the detention of migrant children away from their families ...Read More

Many Virginia cities and counties began researching a decade ago to create programs to divert people with mental illnesses from incarceration. (Adobe Stock)

Arlington County Aims to Launch Mental Health Court

Monday, July 15, 2019

ARLINGTON, Va. — Arlington County will hold a meeting this week to get public input on a new program designed to offer those with mental ...Read More

Robert M. Pennoyer, now and at age 19, on the U.S.S. Pensacola at Iwo Jima in 1944 (Courtesy: Robert M. Pennoyer)

WWII Veteran: Ignorance, Indifference Greatest Threats to America

Thursday, July 4, 2019

NEW YORK – Seventy-four years after he saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima, a World War II veteran has an Independence Day message for America: The ...Read More

From 2009 to 2013, African-American maternal mortality rates ranged from 60 to 105 deaths per every 100,000 live births, compared with 27 to 35 deaths among white women, according to the Virginia Department of Health. (Pixabay)

Birth Workers Call for Expanded Coverage of Pregnant Women, Doulas

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

[STORY UPDATED 7/09/19] RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia's Medicaid agency has launched a new outreach program to help lower the maternal mortality ...Read More

Banners hang from the site of a protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, where a protester was arrested on Wednesday for obstructing construction. (Appalachians Against Pipelines)

Mountain Valley Pipeline Protest Ends in Arrest

Thursday, June 27, 2019

SUMMERS CO., W.Va. – Protests against the Mountain Valley Pipeline continue this week, and Wednesday a man was arrested after locking himself ...Read More

One of Shenandoah National Park's deferred maintenance projects is repairing the rock guardwall along Skyline Drive, which has deteriorated from years of weather exposure. (National Park Service)

VA National Park Sites Wait for Funding to Make Repairs

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

WINCHESTER, Va. - The aging national parks are in need of repairs and maintenance, and a bill to fund that work is being discussed today in the U.S ...Read More

Virginia ranks high nationally in a new report on child well-being, but still has 262,000 kids living in poverty. (iStockphoto)

Report: Virginia Ranks in Top Ten for Child Well-Being

Monday, June 17, 2019

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia continues to rank near the top in the nation for child well-being, according to a new report. The Annie E. Casey ...Read More

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