During the coronavirus outbreak, VPM is running a daily newscast of our reporting, hosted by Benjamin Dolle. Episodes are recorded at 6 p.m. and released for 7 a.m. the next day, Tuesday through Friday.
In today's newscast:
- Judge rules that Gold's Gym is a gym - and must abide by Gov. Ralph Northam's executive order closing non-essential businesses.
- Virginians restless as spring begins.
- New unemployment claims high, but still on a downward trajectory.
- Nearly 200 GRTC employees are being tested for COVID-19, but internal communications have been a challenge for the three people in human resources who had to coordinate their schedules and respond to concerns.
- A white man from Florida plead guilty to charges that he used threats of violence to intimidate a Black man into withdrawing his bid for elected office in Charlottesville.
- The University of Virginia Health System announced preliminary results that suggest the drug remdesivir could help treat COVID-19.
- VPM legal reporter Whittney Evans talked about her recent reporting on incarcerated people - a vulnerable population during the pandemic - with senior editor Catherine Komp.
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