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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. Here’s how to see it
Roanoke Times· 6 days agoThe Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. The Eta Aquarids...
Pro-Palestinian protesters at USC comply with school order to leave their encampment
Roanoke Times· 5 days agoStudents protesting the ongoing war in Gaza left a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of...
CASEY: A mailbag column about vanished, delayed and returned mail
Roanoke Times· 5 days agoIt's a good thing readers most often communicate with yours truly via email and voicemail. Both seem...
Bent Mountain section of Mountain Valley Pipeline fails during post-construction tests
Roanoke Times· 7 days agoA section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline atop Bent Mountain ruptured Wednesday during tests to...
Dogwoods bloom hope at Patton Avenue church
Roanoke Times· 4 days agoDogwood saplings are abloom and mourning doves coo outside Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, symbols of peace on a sticky Sunday in Roanoke. The trees –...
Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion
Roanoke Times· 7 days agoThe NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could cost them billions in damages and force...
Why the U.S. gets so many tornadoes
Roanoke Times· 6 days agoThe tornadoes over the last week have put the storms back under a national spotlight. An active jet stream pattern in the western half of the country...
With famine in Gaza now ‘full-blown,’ starving children a priority of new aid efforts: ‘It’s horror’
Roanoke Times· 6 days agoA top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after...
Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments
Roanoke Times· 7 days agoAnti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders...
Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts political firestorm in 2016 over bombshell ‘Access Hollywood’...
Roanoke Times· 7 days agoDonald Trump’s 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape...