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Here’s a recap of the top stories on the morning of June 3, 2024:
Metro Richmond Zoo celebrates 3 capybara births
Reported by VPM News’ Billy Shields
Zoo officials say all three pups are females and the offspring of Flora and Ocho, a pair zoo officials mated in November. Currently, each is roughly the size of a bread loaf.
A ‘love letter’ to the Virginia outdoors from Sen. Tim Kaine
Reported by WAMU’s Margaret Barthel
Kaine reflects on his lifelong love of nature and his three-decade career in politics in his new book Walk, Ride, Paddle.
In other news:
- Five Years After Virginia Beach Shooting, ‘No One Is Getting Better’ (The New York Times)*
- How a Virginia woman became a target in Trump trial defense (The Richmond Times-Dispatch)*
In case you missed it:
- Court records and recordings from Danville civil rights movement are available online for the first time (Cardinal News)
*This outlet utilizes a paywall.
