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- Thanksgiving food, fellowship at area events
  
  ‘I’m done’: Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham announces his last day on the ...
  
  Teen’s idea for Kindness Week comes to fruition in Richmond
  
  Jones gets pushback on renaming South Side center
  
  Michelle Obama’s memoir already a best-seller
  
  Hopes for an African-American governor dashed at the ballot box in 2 states
  
  President Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions
  
  Grieving with Pittsburgh
  
  Meghan and Harry expecting
  
  President Obama says world should resist cynicism over rise of power politics
  
  Wedding bells for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
  
  Faith leaders, politicians: New immigration order still anti-Muslim
Opinion
- Trump and his illusions
  
  To the future
  
  Coliseum project
  
  Free Press Endorsements 2018
  
  Dismantling Jim Crow
  
  Trump’s problem with black women
  
  Dark times
  
  ‘PC’ and ignorance
  
  Legacy Vendors in danger of being shut out at 17th Street Farmers’ Market
  
  Marcus-David Peters and stereotypes
  
  Va. NAACP and latest redistricting efforts
  
  Vote on Nov. 6
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  Would domestic terrorism law help prevent extremist shootings?
  
  Khalfani to speak at men’s fellowship
  
  Matthew Shepard’s ashes interred in Washington
  
  North Side church offers healthy food to all in need
  
  Richmond native and noted musician Melvin ‘Wah Wah Watson’ Ragin dies at 67
  
  Wallace ‘Wally’ Triplett, football pioneer, dies at 92
  
  Erika E. Wheeler, musician and former outreach coordinator for the Richmond Symphony, dies ...
  
  Stan Lee, Marvel Comics writer and creator of the ‘Black Panther,’ dies at ...
Entertainment
- - Personality
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  Personality: Darlene A. Scott
  
  Personality: Warrick F. Scott Sr.
  
  Personality: Franchon L. ‘Fran’ Randall
  
  Personality: Jessica N. Thomas
  
  Honoring the heroes
  
  2nd Annual Pocahontas Reframed Storytellers Film Festival starts Nov. 15
  
  Couple weds in Dominican Republic
  
  Night at the museum
Sports
- Elite runners from Kenya and Ethiopia win Richmond Marathon
  
  Late Morgan State football coach named 2018 Trailblazer of the Year
  
  Football season ends for VUU without playoff invitation
  
  Bowie State wins CIAA football championship
  
  NSU Spartans trample the HU Bison 29-17
Black Experience
- Idris Elba named sexiest man alive
  
  Poet and playwright Ntozake Shange dies at 70
  
  ‘Black Panther’ continues to smash box office records
  
  Serena’s pregnant!
  
  Michelle Obama’s memoir already a best-seller
  
  Thousands pay final respects to Aretha Franklin
  
  Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, civil rights icon, chief of staff to Dr. King, ...
  
  Serena ties the knot!
  
  Miss America wins minus swimsuit competition
  
  Lena Horne honored on U.S. Postal Service stamp
  
  Wedding bells for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry
  
  Petersburg’s Frank Mason III rakes in the honors
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Michelle Obama’s memoir already a best-seller

Former First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with students on Monday at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago.

On its first day on sale, Michelle Obama’s new memoir already is a best-seller. The former first lady’s book, “Becoming,” ...

Thanksgiving food, fellowship at area events

Thousands of people enjoy last year’s Thanksgiving feast put on by The Giving Heart at the Greater Richmond Convention Center that is open to the Richmond community.

Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends and fellowship. But it also can be a stressful and lonely time for ...

‘I’m done’: Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham announces his last day on the force will be Dec. 31

Chief Durham waves to the crowd as he takes part in Richmond’s 2015 Christmas Parade. In typical fashion, he is walking, rather than riding, along the two-mile route.

“I’m done. I don’t have another position waiting.” So said Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham after publicly announcing Tuesday he ...

Teen’s idea for Kindness Week comes to fruition in Richmond

Mayor Levar M. Stoney presents Binford Middle School student Jalia Hardy with a handmade sign after signing a proclamation declaring Nov. 12 through 16 “Kindness Week” in Richmond.

This is a special week for Binford Middle School student Jalia Hardy. The 13-year-old won the statewide “If I Were ...

Jones gets pushback on renaming South Side center

Richmond City Councilman Michael J. Jones stands in front of the Southside Community Center on Old Warwick Road as he talks up his plan to rename the 18-acre city property for Lonnie Battle, a popular local DJ known professionally as DJ Lonnie B.

Ninth District City Councilman Michael J. Jones has put on hold his proposal to rename the Southside Community Center for ...

City Council members not embracing new location for Social Services building

A marketing campaign to sell the public on the $1.4 billion plan to reshape Downtown and develop a new Coliseum ...

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