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June 8, 2023

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Here’s a look at what’s happening around Richmond this week to help you plan your outings.

Mayor Stoney drops Va. governor bid, will run for lieutenant governor

Setting the stage

City Council postpones budget adoption

School Board reviews conduct proposal for members

President Biden signs $95B bill for war aid in Ukraine

USDA updates rules for school meals that limit sugars

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

Uber helps investigate Ohio driver’s shooting death

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 ...

Palpable relief doesn’t ease the pain

The confounding case of O.J. Simpson

Let’s show up and show out

Mail delays leave Richmonders in the dark

Loss of support from Republican evangelicals suits MAGA crowd just fine, by Clarence ...

Earth Day: A sense of wonder, by Bobby Whitescarver

An American lament, by Dwight Cunningham

Discriminatory laws have driven Black voters from the polls, by Marc H. Morial

Former VUU presidents ensured buildings’ preservation

‘What became of the Black People of Sumer?’

Richmond Community Hospital: Finding compromise is possible!

Zeta Phi Beta chapter to VUU: Don’t demolish historic hospital

Hospital Chaplain J.S. Park’s new book explores grief

Religious affairs expert Thomas Bowen moves from city of Washington to White House

Remembering an icon

Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47

Faith Ringgold, pioneering Black quilt artist and author, dies at 93

O.J. Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says

William DuBois ‘Duke’ Smither leaves a legacy of powerful storytelling

Personality: Rhonda Keyes Pleasants

Personality: Sheri Shannon

Personality: Earl Reid

Personality: Viola Baskerville

Jackson Ward preservationist steeled by cultural bearings and designs

Herbs Galore descends on Maymont

State employees get free admission to VMFA’s ‘Samurai Armor’ exhibit

50 years of service and sisterhood

Embiid raises Uncle Sam’s hopes

Who will be D.C.’s next QB?

VUU Golfers win CIAA tourney

Chicago is feeling Sky high

Price is right for HBCUs

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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Mayor Stoney drops Va. governor bid, will run for lieutenant governor

A historic HBCU first

President Biden signs $95B bill for war aid in Ukraine

Personality: Rhonda Keyes Pleasants

Hospital Chaplain J.S. Park’s new book explores grief

Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and ‘American Idol’ alum, dies at 47