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The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is facing a $3M rent backlog. -
A review of how businesses were notified covered July 2022 to February 2024.
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The House exercised an arcane constitutional maneuver to prevent a full budget veto.
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Amendments on guns, abortion and environment will also be reviewed by lawmakers.
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169 minors have been shot in Richmond since 2019, RPS superintendent Jason Kamras said.
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This interview, conducted by phone on April 11, has been edited for length and clarity.
NPR News
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There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
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The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.
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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
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Israel's prime minister denounced a report in Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoting Israeli soldiers saying commanders ordered them to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites.
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A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Arts & Culture
- 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
- How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
