I was laid off at 37 and decided to downsize. Building my own tiny house led me to start a handyman business.

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A woman standing on a truck hauling a tiny home.
Melanie Copeland with her 144ft tiny home.

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Virginia's data center construction boom is even bigger than you think. One company is behind most of it.

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A Virginia data center

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Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia

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A millennial with a doctoral degree and over $250k in student-loan debt says she's been looking for a job for 4 years. She wishes she prioritized work experience over education.

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A headshot of a woman smiling.
A. Rasberry has struggled to find a job in her field of study for the past four years after earning her doctorate in business administration.

A. Rasberry

2 Trump campaign staffers got into a scrap with an Arlington cemetery official who didn't want them filming near the graves of recently buried US troops: report

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Donald Trump visiting Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to the 13 servicemembers killed during the Afghanistan evacuation.
Donald Trump visiting Arlington National Cemetery to pay tribute to the 13 servicemembers killed during the Afghanistan evacuation.

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I paid $50 to take a boat tour around a beautiful island in Virginia filled with wild ponies. It should be on everyone's bucket list.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
View of the writer, wearing a pink jacket, from behind. Her hair flows in the wind as she sits on a boat with a sign saying
I spent $50 to take a boat ride around Chincoteague Island.

Ruben Lopez

11-Year-Old Charged in More Than 20 Swatting Calls Against Schools

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Flagler County Sheriff’s Office press conference on July 25, 2024.

A millennial who's been looking for a job for over 4 years says his degrees have offered little value: 'I can't get anything even at minimum wage'

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Roland Hesmondhalgh
Roland Hesmondhalgh has been struggling to find a job since 2020.

Roland Hesmondhalgh

Democratic senator reportedly trying to organize a Biden drop-out push among his colleagues

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A spokesperson for Sen. Mark Warner said that the Virginia Democrat
A spokesperson for Sen. Mark Warner said that the Virginia Democrat "believes these are critical days for the president's campaign."

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Biden easily won Virginia in the 2020 presidential election. But things look a lot different this year.

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

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