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Subway is expanding its menu with more footlong snacks

Subway’s footlong cookies were so popular they had ashortage. Now, the chain is hoping to replicate that success with savory new companions.

A guide to halal investing in Canada

Money.ca explains how halal investing helps observant Muslims save for retirement and plan for financial goals.

The great cicada emergence of 2024 is underway across the American South and Midwest

Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying across the American South and Midwest.

AP Explains Cicada Invasion Epicenter

Trillions of once hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the trees and perching upon people’s shirts, hats and even faces. Illinois is at the center of this year's double cicada emergence (AP Video: Melissa Winder)

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Survey: How drivers are managing auto insurance premium increases

Experian surveyed consumers about their auto insurance premium costs and reasons for steady increases.

Counseling, therapy, and psychology careers: What's the difference?

Psychology.org outlines the differences in counseling, therapy, psychology and psychiatry curricula to help make career decisions easier for students.

McDonald's Ends AI Drive-Thru Test With IBM

Fox News reports that McDonald's has decided to end its artificial intelligence drive-thru program. According to 'Restaurant Business,' McDonald's Chief Restaurant Officer Mason Smoot said the decision was made "after a thoughtful review". "McDonald's has decided to end our current partnersh…

‘Biden Bingo’: President’s campaign adapts a classic game to include malarkey and aviators

    President Joe Biden’s campaign is using social events like bingo and pickleball to get older Americans engaged in his quest for a second term. Here’s what some had to say.

    New skill games bill would offer referendum option for localities

    New legislation to allow skill games to again operate in Virginia, but allow communities to opt out via referendum, was introduced this week in the Virginia General Assembly.

    Biden to unveil sweeping deportation protections, work permits for spouses of US citizens

      Biden is invoking an authority that not only gives deportation protections and work permits, but removes a barrier to allow qualifying immigrants to apply for permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.

      Netanyahu dissolves influential War Cabinet after key partner bolted from government

        Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the influential war Cabinet that has overseen the fighting in Gaza, a government spokesperson said Monday.

        IRS to end another major tax loophole for the wealthy and raise $50 billion in the process

          The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U.S. Treasury Department said Monday.

          The creator economy is worth an estimated $250 billion. Where is that money going?

            Collabstr analyzed research from Goldman Sachs and pay data from Zippia to illustrate the way money is pouring into the creator economy.

            Local News

            Wytheville neighbors: Obituaries for June 16

            Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.

            Wytheville neighbors: Obituaries for June 15

            Read through the obituaries published today in SWVA Today.

            A1 Minute! June 14, 2024: Charlottesville native takes on Hollywood

            Charlottesville native takes on Hollywood

            Historical homes you can own in the Wytheville area

            Here are some Wytheville homes with history that you might be able to call your own.

            Virginia lawmakers revisit skill games when Senate returns Tuesday

            The state Senate will again look at ways to legalize electronic skill games when it reconvenes Tuesday to address controversy over an education benefit for military families.

            Virginia county moving fast on plan to condemn farmland and access river water

            Residents have raised concerns about a new water-intake facility being built to lure profitable data centers to the county, not necessarily to provide drinking water for residents.

            Suspect changed hairdo, phone and license plate after Spotsylvania slayings, police say

            Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder. Venable was arrested two days after the slayings following a high-speed chase in upstate New York.

            With so many choices in primary races, will Virginia consider ranked choice voting?

            Virginians won't lack choices when they go to the polls on Tuesday to vote in Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.

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            Crime

            UVa reaches $9M settlement with families of 2022 shooting victims

            "The settlements approved today is just one small step on this terrible road that these families are on," Elliott Buckner, lawyer for Perry's family, told the press.

            Brother and sister arrested in separate shooting incidents in Marion

            A brother and sister duo are being held without bond following two separate but related shooting incidents in the Town of Marion on Friday.

            Gallery: Police confront protesters at VCU; arrests made

            Richmond graduation shooting: Complete coverage

            This is continuing Times-Dispatch coverage of a shooting that killed two after a Richmond high school graduation ceremony.

            Politics

            Virginia lawmakers revisit skill games when Senate returns Tuesday

            The state Senate will again look at ways to legalize electronic skill games when it reconvenes Tuesday to address controversy over an education benefit for military families.

            Virginia county moving fast on plan to condemn farmland and access river water

            Residents have raised concerns about a new water-intake facility being built to lure profitable data centers to the county, not necessarily to provide drinking water for residents.

            Virginia General Assembly to come back to fix veterans education benefit

            The General Assembly will reconsider changes to a higher education benefit for families of military veterans either killed or almost completely disabled while on active duty.

            Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says

            Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon says he'll fight a judge's ruling that he must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence.

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