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

Officials met with a standing-room audience to discuss the Staples Mill site.

The city no longer sponsors an overflow inclement weather shelter.

The state Department of Corrections director has disputed allegations of abuse.

A motive has not been established for the death of UnitedHealthcare's Brian Thompson.

Demand for data centers has grown in recent years due to the rapid growth of digital services.

On Tuesday, Virginia holds its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe Americans, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.

On Morning Edition, former Secret Service agent Bill Gage and Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., assesses how elected officials will protect themselves from political attacks after a shooter killed a Minnesota state lawmaker and wounded another.

The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles.

Members of Congress from both parties are calling for security updates following the weekend attack in Minnesota where a gunman killed one state lawmaker and her husband and left another state lawmaker and his wife wounded.