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April 27, 2023

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Derby Day returns

A Richmond-based foundation once again will be throwing a benefit bash to accompany the running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 6.

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 …

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?’

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

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

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

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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New exhibition explores race and community in Richmond

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Former Pirate headed to Paris

Rams add big man to roster

Kenyans can sprint, too

Spirituals, freedom songs echo across generations, by Hazel Trice Edney