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

City leaders do not have a plan or timeline for voting to formally adopt the statement.

Five families sued the school division over a policy they say violates students’ rights.

Tainted deli meat caused 10 deaths, 61 illnesses and the closing of a Southside Virginia plant.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has argued the carbon market is a regressive tax.

College Attainment for Parent Students began at some VCCS schools in 2023.

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

California National Guard members arrived in the Los Angeles area after President Trump activated the troops to curb protests against federal immigration raids. More protesters gathered on Sunday.

In India, sensationalist TV news coverage of fighting between India and Pakistan reveals the polarization of the country's media.

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination attempt is having a chilling effect in Colombia where security has been backsliding recently.