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Chinese students wait outside the U.S. Embassy for their visa application interviews, in Beijing on May 2, 2012.
  1. U.S. resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts
  2. Israeli president calls on the world to help destroy Iran nuclear sites
  3. Weapons and war: Parallels between Iran and Iraq
  4. The story of an HIV-positive orphan and a pastor's quest to help after U.S. aid cuts
  5. A woman fears her eyesight won't be saved in time due to research grant cuts
  6. Omaha to celebrate Juneteenth with new energy after electing first Black mayor

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  1. VPM Daily Newscast: Spanberger–Hashmi–Jones vs. Earle-Sears, Reid and Miyares
  2. VPM Daily Newscast: Data centers, ranked choice voting
  3. VPM Daily Newscast: the HD-81 primary, VDH and the City of Richmond
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Focal Point
Ben Klutsey, Executive Director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, stands in front of a colorful mural with clouds, blue sky, green grass and birds flying in the sky.
  1. Can reflective listening, civil exchange solve sociopolitical divides?
  2. Land Trusts Aim to Make Homes Affordable
  3. Historian speaks on the Great Migration
  4. Rock band plays lead for public housing redevelopment while residents let their voices be heard
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Curious Commonwealth
The Chesterfield County Commission of the Peace, the 18th-century document that serves as the county's original charter, started as a pact between Sir William Gooch and King George II to establish a courthouse in Chesterfield.
  1. How did Chesterfield County’s charter get lost so many times?
  2. Who was Humphrey Calder?
  3. A ‘recycled’ Curious Commonwealth update
  4. What happened to the school German School Road is named for?
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