Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.

"We will, in fact, experience future pandemics."

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.

The firm reviewing January’s treatment plant failure found “several instances” of miscommunication among city staff.

The Nansemond says the state is refusing $1.7M in Medicaid claims.

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.