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Every day, large tanker trucks exit the Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County carrying about 65,000 gallons of wastewater. kAmu@C >@?E9D[ E96 ECF4<D 92G6 92F=65 E96 H2DE6H2E6C[ <?@H? 2D =62492E6[ E@ EH@ 5:DA@D2= 724:=:E:6D[ H96C6 :E :D EC62E65 2?5 5F>A65] k^Am kAmqFE E92E 492?865 62C=:6C E9:D >@?E9[ H96? E96 4:EJ @7 #:49>@?5 E@=5 E96 $92>C@4< t?G:C@?>6?E2= r@CA] E92E :E H2D :? G:@=2E:@?

The United States is seeing rising reports of an illness that causes diarrhea, but the Virginia Department of Health says there is no evidence that suggests the commonwealth is experiencing an outbreak. kAm{2DE H66<[ E96 r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? D2:5 :E C646:G65 gcb C6A@CED @7 42D6D @7 4J4=@DA@C:2D:D[ 244@C5:?8 E@ }!#] %96 :?764E:@? :D 42FD65 3J 2 A2C2D:E6 42==65 rJ4=@DA@C2 2?5 :D @7E6? EC2?D>:EE65 E@ 9F>2?D E9C@F89 4@?E2>:?2E65 7CF:ED 2?5 G686E23=6D] k^Am kAmx?

Just in time for the chocolate business' 25th anniversary, a USA Today poll has included Gearharts Fine Chocolates in its list of the nation's top 10 independent chocolate shops. kAm%@ >2<6 E96 9@?@C 6G6? DH66E6C[ C6256CD 2?5 4FDE@>6CD G@E65 v62C92CED C:89E :?E@ E96 E@A DA@E]k^Am kAm%96 D9@A[ =2F?4965 :? a__`[ 92D 4@>6 2 =@?8 H2J :?

Republican Senator Thom Tillis tells Jake Tapper, "I've got a positive predisposition towards Blanche... But if there's even a whiff of a lack of independence, then that could influence my vote. But, right now, I'm confident in what we see with Blanche if we can address these distractions that have to get off the table before his confirmation, particularly the 1776 fund," referring to the President's $1.776 billio "anti-weaponization" fund.

CAIRO — President Donald Trump stepped back Tuesday from a proposal to charge a 20% transit fee to guard the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway as part of the conflict with Iran, saying he would instead seek investment deals with Gulf states. kAm&]$] 7@C46D 42CC:65 @FE H2G6D @7 2EE24<D 7@C E96 E9:C5 ?:89E :? 2 C@H 27E6C %69C2? D2:5 :E 4=@D65 E96 DEC2:E[ AC@>AE:?8 %CF>A @? |@?52J E@ C6:?DE2E6 2 3=@4<256 @7 xC2?:2?

A manager at a Roanoke kennel was charged Monday with cruelty to animals, a week after police said in a search warrant that dogs in the facility’s care appeared to have suffered during a recent heat wave. kAmz6G:? z6E49F> H2D 492C865 H:E9 EH@ 4@F?ED @7 4CF6=EJ E@ 2?:>2=D[ EH@ 4@F?ED @7 72:=:?8 E@ AC@G:56 256BF2E6 42C6 E@ 4@>A2?:@? A6ED[ 2?5 @?6 4@F?E @7 72:=FC6 2D 3@2C5:?8 6DE23=:D9>6?E E@ AC@G:56 AC@A6C 42C6[ A@=:46 D2:5]k^Am City Dogs Boarding and Playcare, located at 801 Norfolk Ave.

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WASHINGTON — Russia sent two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan on Tuesday, resuming crewed flights from a recently repaired launchpad with a rare joint attendance by the heads of NASA and Russia's space agency. kAm&]$] 2DEC@?2FE p?:= |6?@?

For Ukraine and its supporters, the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham raises an important question: Without a close ally of President Donald Trump advocating loudly for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, will his administration's recent tilt in favor of Kyiv last? kAm%96 2?DH6C H:== 6DA64:2==J 27764E EH@ >2;@C :DDF6D — =68:D=2E:@? E@ D2?4E:@? #FDD:2[ H9:49 vC292> AFD965 7@C >@C6 E92? 2 J62C[ 2?5 >:=:E2CJ 2DD:DE2?46 7@C &<C2:?6]k^Am kAm~? 3@E9[ E96 >@>6?EF> 92D =2E6=J 366? :?