Who are a playground and community center in Richmond’s Museum District named after?
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The journalist unpacks how the ocean helped her discover her history.
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RTL helped popularize kids shows like Dragon Tales and Between the Lions.
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Updated: The cuts affect more than 150 people serving in the commonwealth.
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To account for immediate tariff impacts, the utility plans to increase customers' monthly energy bills by an average of 4 cents over the life of the project.
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The Henrico facility is part of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $500M mental health initiative.
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Public meeting highlights in Central Virginia for the week beginning May 5.
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The Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm, after four decades of armed conflict. It comes days after it convened a party congress in northern Iraq.
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Ukraine and European allies had demanded Russia accept a 30-day ceasefire starting Monday before holding talks, but Moscow effectively rejected the proposal and called for direct negotiations instead.
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Duterte has been in custody of the International Criminal Court awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. That hasn't stopped him from running for mayor of his southern Davao city stronghold.
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Qatar's offer of a luxury jet, which comes on the eve of President's Trump's visit to the Middle East, raises major ethical and legal questions.
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The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean — and its northward spread into Mexico has alarmed U.S. officials. It can kill a full-grown cow in one to two weeks.
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- 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
- Shockoe Institute breaks ground for new center in Richmond