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- Virginia suspends use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
  
  UR faculty votes for rector’s removal as board outlines new plan
  
  COVID-19 free testing
  
  School Board taking control of new building construction
  
  Confederate chair found in New Orleans; alleged bandits nabbed
  
  Chauvin violated policy, training and ethics in pinning George Floyd, chief says
  
  Boston’s new mayor marks historic ‘firsts’ leading city
  
  Illinois city 1st in U.S. to offer Black residents reparations
  
  African-American astronaut pilots SpaceX capsule to International Space Station
  
  Duke and Duchess walk away from 'royal highness'
  
  Independence day: Queen blesses Harry's and Meghan's exit as senior royals
  
  Serena Williams wins Auckland Classic; donates money to help bushfire victims
Opinion
- Police abuse redux
  
  Lessons from the Chauvin trial
  
  Easter message
  
  Good riddance to the death penalty
  
  National standards needed for police behavior, by Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
  
  Biden offers diverse judicial nominees, by Ben Jealous
  
  Justice is on trial, by Ben Jealous
  
  Community voices and public safety reform, by Reginald E. Gordon and Chief Gerald ...
  
  ‘Let all of the people determine what’s good for the city’
  
  ‘Nothing will stop us from voting’
  
  April is National Donate Life Month
  
  Support the For the People Act
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  Restoration work at John Jasper Monument
  
  South Side churches merge, with Pastor Alexander ‘Jay’ Patrick as new head
  
  Area churches to celebrate Easter in various, special ways
  
  Good Friday Pilgrimage April 2 in Downtown
  
  Andrea Peyton Sharpe, bookkeeper, dies at 73
  
  DeAndrea Neal, VSU Hall of Famer and former offensive line coach, dies at ...
  
  Thomas F. “Tom” Farrell II, Dominion Energy CEO, dies day after he retires
  
  Rufus A. Cosby, former head of transit union local, dies at 78
Entertainment
- - Personality
  - Happenings
  Personality: Dr. Sesha Joi Moon
  
  Personality: Mahmud Chowdhury
  
  Personality: John W. Boyd Jr.
  
  Personality: Dr. Pamela Kiecker Royall
  
  Mustang Club revs engines to mark classic car’s 57th birthday, service award
  
  Rapper DMX dies at 50
  
  ’Emancipation’ project leaves Georgia over voter suppression laws
  
  ‘Bridgerton’ heartthrob leaves show, breaks hearts
Sports
- Jackie Robinson opened MLB’s doors to people of color 74 years ago on ...
  
  George Wythe athlete Talik Bryant excels despite season without basketball
  
  Former Flying Squirrels now on MLB rosters
  
  Who will be NBA Rookie of the Year?
  
  Ray Felix was first Black NBA Rookie of the Year
Black Experience
- '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
  
  First 400 years
  
  Legend of screen and television Cicely Tyson dies at 96
  
  Beloved slugger, MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies at 86
  
  NFL Hall of Famer Gale Sayers dies at 77
  
  Chadwick Boseman, who brought icons to life on the silver screen, dies at ...
  
  Boston’s new mayor marks historic ‘firsts’ leading city
  
  Beyonce makes history with 28th Grammy Award; whole family wins, too
  
  African-American astronaut pilots SpaceX capsule to International Space Station
  
  Black woman chaplain makes rank of colonel and history
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