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- Anti-war protesters sentenced to jail after blocking I-95
  
  Education, housing, economy key in mayoral forum
  
  Richmond area health officials promote HIV testing, prevention
  
  Virginia Museum of History & Culture to host July 4th Citizenship Ceremony
  
  Paradise Stolen
  
  Dali cargo ship leaves Baltimore for Virginia nearly 3 months after bridge collapse
  
  CNN faces backlash for excluding Black-owned media from presidential debate coverage
  
  U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis
  
  Total solar eclipse wows North America
  
  Shock, grief and mourning for 3 Georgia-based U.S. soldiers killed in Middle East …
  
  Ruins of ancient Nero’s Theater discovered near Vatican
  
  House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a …
Opinion
- We’re No. 1!
  
  Final score
  
  Extreme heat a wake-up call, by Ben Jealous
  
  The big payback
  
  Black athletes are Black men, women first, by David W. Marshall
  
  Poor people are the new swing vote, By William J. Barber II
  
  Spirituals, freedom songs echo across generations, by Hazel Trice Edney
  
  Countering MAGA movement with nonviolent extremism, by David W. Marshall
  
  Counties must follow Henrico’s lead on homeless funding
  
  Ashe Center demolition plan misguided
  
  Former VUU presidents ensured buildings’ preservation
  
  ‘What became of the Black People of Sumer?’
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  Clergy, parents file suit against Louisiana Ten Commandments law
  
  Virginia Union professor publishes new book on gospel interpretation
  
  Spirituals, freedom songs echo across generations, by Hazel Trice Edney
  
  Bishop Barber readies for D.C. march
  
  Giants’ Willie Mays, ‘Say Hey Kid,’ dies at 93
  
  Longtime Southern Baptist leader Paul Pressler, who was accused of sexual abuse, dies …
  
  Rev. James Lawson Jr., original Freedom Rider and apostle of nonviolence, dies at …
  
  Basketball Hall of Famer dies at 84
Entertainment
- - Personality
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  Personality: Dr. Jodi Marie Winship
  
  Personality: Cheryl Lewis Burke
  
  Personality: Lindsay Kylene Bunting Eubanks
  
  Personality: Avanti Kollaram Yamamoto
  
  ‘Sing Sing’ screens at Sing Sing in an emotional homecoming
  
  New exhibition explores race and community in Richmond
  
  Gospel group releases first new music in nearly 50 years
  
  Celebration of Freedom continues
Sports
- Black baseball and Birmingham remembered
  
  Virginia is for Willie Mays
  
  Celtics are team for the ages
  
  Kenyans can sprint, too
  
  Rams add big man to roster
Black Experience
- Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, …
  
  'Architect of rock 'n' roll,' Little Richard, dies at 87
  
  Grammy-winning singer Betty Wright succumbs at 66
  
  Andre Harrell, who founded Uptown Records and launched many careers, dies at 5
  
  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, …
  
  Hair care products founder Joe Dudley dies
  
  Big 10 football rivalry creates George Jewett Trophy
  
  Olympian and activist Lee Evans, who took iconic stand at 1968 Mexico City …
  
  Hampton University announces new president
  
  Obamas break ground for $830M presidential library
  
  ‘Forgotten First:’ A look at four – and more – NFL trailblazers
  
  Boston’s new mayor marks historic ‘firsts’ leading city
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