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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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RVA's Got Issues
Headwaters Down
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Virginia News
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Virginia News
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The mayor spoke at VPM Media Corporation’s community block party in Historic Monroe Ward. -
Later, wearing a mask, the Alexandria-based runner told reporters he had COVID.
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The African American Civil Rights Network nod highlights the museum’s role in the movement.
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Construction on the nonprofit’s new headquarters begins Aug. 12.
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Some Shenandoah Valley crop yields could be 75% lower than expected.
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A tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for parts of Central Virginia.
NPR News
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Police say Trenton Abston, 25, came to Mayor Paul Young's home armed with a Taser. Officers allegedly found rope and duct tape in his car.
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The Trump administration is slashing parent agency jobs by 85%.
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Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer detain him.
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Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.
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Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide health care, food benefits and financial assistance for millions of children.
Arts & Culture
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
- Jefferson School bolsters history exhibit with Charlottesville student records
