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VUU, VSU basketball to travel near and far

Teams’ itinerary lists Connecticut, Virgin Islands

Basketball fans can enjoy two for the price of one Nov. 11-12 at Virginia State University’s Multi-Purpose Center.

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Jeremy Pena wins twice as Series’ MVP

Jeremy Pena is sitting atop of baseball’s highest mountain.

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VCU graduate named to U.S. National Blind Soccer Team

Richmonder Antoine Craig has shown his considerable speed for years as an elite track sprinter.

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Author reaches back to family roots for children’s book

The Great Migration was an exodus of 6 million African-Americans from the rural South to the North and the West between 1910 and 1970. Desiree Cooper’s parents were children of the Great Depression, and her family was among those who relocated to leave the trauma of the Jim Crow South.

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Rev. Calvin Butts, influential pillar of Harlem, dies at 73

The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died Oct. 28 at age 73, the church announced.

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Affirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubts

The survival of affirmative action in higher education appeared to be in serious trouble Monday at a conservative-dominated Supreme Court after hours of debate over vexing questions of race.

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Personality: Dr. Lester D. Frye

Spotlight on president of the Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Richmond and Vicinity

In a time of adjustment and reinvention for communities as a whole, Lester Frye is working to guide both toward a better future.

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Award-winning author Dawnie Walton at VCU library

Author Dawnie Walton will read from and discuss her debut novel, “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev” on Nov.10 at 7p.m. at the James Branch Cabell Library, Room 303, 901 Park Ave.

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New name for Lee Bridge withdrawn

For now, the name of slavery-defending Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will remain on the Route 1 bridge over the James River in Richmond.

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Richmond’s eviction filings surpass pre-pandemic levels, says legal aid litigator

Deputies from the Richmond Sheriff’s Office had a packed schedule of 126 evictions to oversee this week.

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Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines

Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

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Armstrong/Walker football rivalry celebrated in new Black History Museum exhibit

A legacy created from a 40- year football rivalry between Armstrong and Maggie Walker high schools, the only two schools for Black students for decades, will be remembered this month at the 2nd Annual Armstrong Walker Football Classic Legacy Project Celebration. The first event is an exhibit at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center, featuring memorabilia collected and on display from alumni, staff and Richmonders who attended both schools.

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James River Park gains key acreage at trailhead

Private property that provides an entry to a popular trail in James River Park is being donated to the city.

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Henrico County’s leaf collection starts Nov. 7

Henrico County will begin providing annual leaf collection services starting Monday, Nov. 7, with both free and paid options available for county residents.

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Get out and vote

The midterm election cycle hasn’t generated much buzz in Richmond. While a few registration and get-out-the vote drives have occurred, the hubbub of activity usually associated with election-year cycles has been absent.

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Race neutrality is anti-Blackness, by Julianne Malveaux

During this Supreme Court session, the justices will tackle affirmative action in two cases brought by “Students for Fair Admissions,” opposing affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

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Top Heisman prospect has Virginia ties

Hendon Hooker was at Virginia Tech before 2021 transfer to Tennessee

It’s becoming routine. Since 2006, Black quarterbacks have won the Heisman Trophy seven times and have been close to winning on many other occasions. The trend is likely to continue this season with one of the top-tier candidates having Virginia connections.

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Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, rep says

The rapper Takeoff, best known for his work with the Grammy-nominated trio Migos, is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling al- ley in Houston, a representative confirmed. He was 28. Kirsnick Khari Ball, known as Takeoff, was part of Migos along with Quavo and Offset. A representative for members of Migos who was not authorized to speak publicly confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Police responded shortly after 2:30 a.m. to reports of a shoot- ing at 810 Billiards & Bowling, where dozens of people had gathered on a balcony outside of the third-floor bowling alley, police said. Officers discovered one man dead when they arrived. An AP reporter at the scene observed a body loaded into a medical examiner’s van around 10 a.m., more than seven hours after the shooting. Security guards who were in the area heard the shooting but did not see who did it, a police spokesperson said. Two other people were injured and taken to hospitals in private vehicles. No arrests have been an- nounced and few details were released about what led up to the shooting, but Houston po- lice planned a news conference