The prison is facing claims of deteriorating conditions, including prolonged lockdowns.
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Del. Laufer says the proposal would streamline registration.
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Schools in Greater Richmond impacted by the forecasted weather
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Impression Obsession started as a hobby for two Williamsburg-area teachers.
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Analyst: Earle-Sears likely would have to win over voters who don't fully endorse president
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning Feb. 10.
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Take a look at this week's top VPM News stories.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler about Republicans' divisions that threaten to derail the ongoing budget negotiations.
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Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of His Name is George Floyd.
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The Oval Office meeting went off the rails when President Trump started playing videos and repeating discredited claims about a "white genocide" in South Africa.
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Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.
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Mexico's president condemned the killings and said there would not be impunity. She said she was not aware of any threats against the mayor.
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