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Virginia News
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Updated: GRTC announced it can cover the multimillion-dollar 'lifeline' gap.
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The bill defining relationships between the state and tribal nations passed unanimously.
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Program that awarded $13.6M for farm-to-table foods will end in July.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 7.
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Public media photographers documented what they saw at the demonstrations against the Trump administration.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
NPR News
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
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Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.
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There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other countries, but a lot of the higher prices are being picked up by Americans, who are seeing it in their receipts.
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Casey Johnston spent years running and restricting calories. When she started weightlifting, she rebuilt muscle mass — and her relationship with her body.
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Efforts to mediate the India-Pakistan conflict are not going to work "unless the U.S. steps in with full sincerity," Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group, told NPR.
Arts & Culture
- Tara Roberts helps scuba divers uncover slave shipwrecks
- New Burying Ground honors enslaved labor at University of Richmond
- Museums, libraries and cultural groups grapple with federal humanities cuts
- ‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages