Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning April 14.

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NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023.

Virginia also lost $219 million in funding, which had already been allocated.

County officials agreed to target investments toward infrastructure.

The Fredericksburg native uses sounds from nature to create folk music.

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.

As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering.

A Peruvian farmer has lost a decade-long legal climate case against Germany energy giant RWE. Saúl Luciano Lliuya claimed the company's emissions had contributed to glacial melt threatening his Andean hometown.

The Atlantic writer George Packer calls JD Vance the most interesting figure in the Trump administration: "He's capable of complex thought, and I also think he may be the future of the MAGA movement."

The goal of the changes, which head to the Senate next week, is to save money and send a signal that Republicans are tough on immigration.