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Who are a playground and community center in Richmond’s Museum District named after?
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The 10-acre site is planned to commemorate Richmond's legacy as an slave trade epicenter. -
The hikes would raise the average residence's monthly bill by more than $20.
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The firm reviewing January’s treatment plant failure found “several instances” of miscommunication among city staff.
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The Nansemond says the state is refusing $1.7M in Medicaid claims.
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House and Senate largely stick to existing bills and February budget.
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Two panels met this week to discuss fires, room restrictions and education issues at the state-run facility in Chesterfield County.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm on the sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, cuts he says were suggested by Elon Musk and his DOGE team.
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump "made a very good move" in meeting with Syria's interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel's neighbor.
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The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.
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It was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed dozens of people, including almost two dozen children.
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The Trump administration seeks to challenge the constitutional provision that guarantees automatic citizenship to babies born in the U.S. But the arguments are likely to focus on a different question.
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
