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The Creative ReUse Center's volunteers altered dresses and suits for the LGBTQ+ prom.
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Screenshot by NPR/Electronic ArtsCritic Linda Holmes has been playing The Sims since the early 2000s.
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Nick McNamara / WHRO/For nearly 60 years, this office has explored the nature of consciousness.
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Matt Slocum/APIf a judge orders Google to sell Chrome, it could dramatically upend the multibillion-dollar online search business.
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Nick McNamara/WHROThe project takes donated firearms and converts them into garden tools.
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KD Toole/BPR NewsBlue Ridge Public Radio compiled a list of more than 35 organizations providing relief in the area.
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Hulton Archive/Keystone/Getty ImagesThe superstition of Friday the 13th isn't as old as you think. Here are some of the potential origins of unlucky days around the world.
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Leahruth Jemilo/The collector's response has stayed with Leahruth Jemilo ever since.
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Chesterfield CountyThe county is asking the public to choose from four animal finalists.
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Jeff Roberson/The Associated PressOn the Home Cooked podcast, Olivia Weeks explores the drug’s trajectory during the past 50 years.
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Last Friday, Michael Paul Williams - the long-time columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch - was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism, for his “penetrating and insightful columns that led Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city’s monuments to white supremacy.” -
Virginia Beach Shooting Victim Loved The Lynnhaven River. Now Her Name Is Part Of It.
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One year after the police killing of George Floyd, where does America go from here? In the special “Race Matters: America after George Floyd,” PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff and our reporters talk to people and experts across the country about the lasting effects of systemic racism, the lingering distrust between communities of color and law enforcement, the trauma that remains for so many and what the future looks like.
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Watch a special presentation of the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS, hosted by Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. With all-star performances and tributes from Washington, D.C. and around the country, the 32nd annual event will continue to honor our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country.
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The outdoor group Black Girls Hike RVA is about to celebrate their first anniversary. Led by teachers Nicole Boyd and Nashara Tucker, the two started the group during the pandemic after friends started commenting on their social media hiking posts. The hikes turned into a way to create a safe space for women of color to explore the outdoors -- a place that’s not always been welcoming.
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Local merchants have found a new setting to sell their wares: the PopUp Market at The Diamond.
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Brown’s Island was alive with music this weekend, but it's just a preview of what you'll see as summer comes and people return to live, outdoors music.
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Meet five individuals who are striving to make a difference in the Charlottesville community — often behind the scenes — in the areas of mental health, entrepreneurship, historical preservation, education and mentorship. Find out what inspires them to do the work and how we can all be changemakers during this special episode of “Charlottesville Inside-Out.”
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Chesterfield Parks and Recreation recently launched a GIS, or geographic information system, website dedicated to accessing waterways in the county. Users can click on more than two dozen places to boat, fish or take a hike by the water -- including parts of the James or Appomattox rivers.
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Photo essay: Members of Richmond's LGBTQ+ community started Safe Space Market to create an inclusive and COVID-safe gathering space.
