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Virginia is ranked as the most patriotic state in a WalletHub study measuring military engagement, voter turnout, and volunteering per capita.
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Attendees shared their frustration and resilience after extreme heat forced the Great American State Fair to close early during America's 250th anniversary on Friday and to be postponed on Saturday.
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Fourth of July holidays mean a lot of people on the road, and a lot of drinking. Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show which states are the safest and which are the most dangerous during the holiday.
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When the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, it took ownership of the Pribilof islands, home to the Russian-American Company's commercial fur-seal enterprise — and to the Unangax^ people who were forced to harvest the seals as "wards of the state." Indigenous residents continued to live under government supervision until 1983, when Congress finally transferred local control of the Pribilof Islands to the Unangax^
people themselves. From Theo Greenly of Alaska Public
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As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, Americans reflect on the state of the nation in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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