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Look at the year in Central Virginia news through our photojournalist's eyes.
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Two moderate House Democrats with national security backgrounds came to Congress in the first Trump era. Now they're running for governor, in races that could be a referendum on Trump's second term.
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Beato Ortiz Hernández was born with the Mexican food staple.
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The nonprofit serves about 5,000 households and distributes 2.5M meals a year.
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The facility has hosted events from basketball tournaments to graduations.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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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.
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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.
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Trump left midway through the G7 summit, saying he needed to return to Washington to deal with the Iran-Israel conflict.
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NPR wants to know how you feel about celebrating Juneteenth at this moment in history
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Some 20 cases remain to be decided — about a third of the total argued cases — many of them the most important of the term. But the shadow docket, with its own list of cases, looms over the other opinions.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad