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Spotlight on Richmond Public Schools top 2022 valedictorian with 5.03 GPA
It was in early May when Sanaa Hayes learned that she was an extraordinary academic achiever, not just for her high school, but the entire Richmond Public Schools system.
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Civil rights advocate Xernona Clayton is still ‘fearless’
A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped sustain the civil rights movement in the 1960s says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes seeking to terrorize people across America. But Xernona Clayton has been working for racial harmony since the movement began, and refuses to accept mass killings as routine.
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Trojans’ first home game to cover new turf
Virginia State University will have a new football coach and a new football field to start the 2022 season.
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Area school districts review safety measures after Uvalde school shootings
The May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has prompted local school systems to review their safety measures.
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Nadine Domond brings her coaching skills to VSU
For the first time in a long time, Virginia State University will have a new head women’s basketball coach on the sidelines.
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Baltimore to host more CIAA championship games, events
CIAA basketball fans will become more acquainted with downtown Baltimore and its Inner Harbor.
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Juneteenth events and weekend activities
Richmond area residents who plan to participate in events and activities that will commemorate Virginia’s Juneteenth holiday have several choices. The federal holiday is on June 20.
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City’s housing options need a dose of creativity
One of the biggest challenges facing Richmond is how to build affordable apartment units and homes.
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Jan. 6 hearings a plea to defend democracy, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
On Thursday evening, June 9, the House Select Committee investigating the sacking of The Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 will hold the first of its primetime, televised public hearings.
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Jada Pinkett Smith appears on an episode of her online series “Red Table Talk.” The latest episode, streaming Wednesday, June 1, on Facebook Watch, addresses …
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Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton, rear, offers a blessing over the work of the inaugural Diocese of Maryland reparations grants awardees on May 26.
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System failure
RPS loses thousands of laptops
Richmond Public Schools wasted millions of federal support dollars buying 20,000 extra Chromebook laptop computers it didn’t need after going virtual during the pandemic, an internal audit has found.
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Jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge
A grand jury on Wednesday charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first degree murder.
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Will Kendrick Lamar’s new release net win for Warriors?
If Steph Curry is the Golden State Warriors’ good luck charm on the floor, then Kendrick Lamar may be the team’s four-leaf clover off it.
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Youngkin snubs lawmakers’ efforts to support tenants
Landlords have always held the upper hand when it comes to evicting people. Republican Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin is keeping it that way, according to advocates for tenants.
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Covid-19 cases going unreported
Amid a rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Virginia and nationally, a gap in reported positive cases has continued throughout Virginia, one that has persisted as the approach to monitoring the worst of the virus and testing for infection has changed and expanded, locally and statewide.
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Pinkett Smith talks hair loss ‘shame,’ outcome of Oscars slap
Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, the hair loss disorder affecting her and millions of others that, in some cases, can impact a person’s sense of identity.
