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- 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 ...
Opinion
- 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
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  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
Entertainment
- - Personality
  - Happenings
  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
Sports
- 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
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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