Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.

"We will, in fact, experience future pandemics."

The 10-acre site is planned to commemorate Richmond's legacy as an slave trade epicenter.

The hikes would raise the average residence's monthly bill by more than $20.

The firm reviewing January’s treatment plant failure found “several instances” of miscommunication among city staff.

The Nansemond says the state is refusing $1.7M in Medicaid claims.

The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction.

The White House said the action was needed to protect the United States from terrorist attacks and other national security threats, and said the countries lacked screening and vetting capabilities.

In separate hearings on Capitol Hill this week, the Education Secretary answered questions about a range of issues, from student loans to mental health programs.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, responding to what the judge called an urgent situation to ensure the protection of the family's constitutional rights.