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- Granite Schoolhouse tops Virginia’s endangered historic sites list
  
  Memorial Day 2025 closings
  
  Interim CAO Joy-Hogg resigns
  
  Mayor calls for action after City worker wounded in shooting
  
  Fire at Nottoway Plantation ignites online celebration, painful reflection
  
  AFA offers travel tips for families of people with dementia ahead of holiday
  
  Gerry Connolly, a fixture in Virginia politics, dies at 75
  
  Faith leaders arrested during Capitol Rotunda prayer protest
  
  Adjusting to a new rhythm in Ghana
  
  Olympic champions, amateurs flock to Kenya for world-class training
  
  Henrico County native embraces new life in Ghana’s Eastern Region
  
  African Americans turn to Ghana for peace and belonging
Opinion
- Grad you made it
  
  Joe Biden
  
  Denied for dissent?
  
  Historic Reservations
  
  George Floyd 5 years later: A moment or a movement?, By Marc H. …
  
  Trump embraces South Africans — the white ones, by Clarence Page
  
  Youngkin’s veto threatens public health progress, by Vivienne Pierce McDaniel
  
  Museum defies Trump’s crusade to rewrite history, by Marc H. Morial
  
  Library budget cuts hurt all students
  
  Cyclist calls for urgent safety fix on Mosby Street
  
  No more markers
  
  Citizens group calls for halt to Fall Line Trail
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  The American journey behind Pope Leo XIV’s Haitian lineage
  
  Abner Baptist to host Mental Health Education Seminar
  
  Jen Hatmaker to speak at River Road Church
  
  Bishop Knestout reflects on election of first American pope
  
  Eddie Radden Jr., Richmond activist and longtime Capitol doorkeeper, dies at 96
  
  Gerry Connolly, a fixture in Virginia politics, dies at 75
  
  Long-hitting golf great Jim Dent dies at 85
  
  Carlton T. Brooks, Richmond funeral director for seven decades, dies at 98
Entertainment
- - Personality
  - Happenings
  Personality: Marylord Dansou
  
  Personality: Joseph S. ‘Joe’ Massie
  
  Personality: Janine Y. Bell
  
  Personality: Jaeda Perry
  
  Festival celebrates farming lifestyle, homesteading culture
  
  Springing forward with achievement
  
  Power Tour brings purpose, protest and celebration to Jackson Ward
  
  Historic Chatsworth School to hold open house, plaque unveiling
Sports
- WNBA investigating racial slurs by fans made at Angel Reese
  
  VCU’s Jazmin Jackson named to Dominican Republic soccer team
  
  Huguenot linebacker Markel Dabney commits to SMU
  
  Virginia Union competes in PGA Works Collegiate Championship
  
  Squirrels fall to SeaWolves after late-inning rally
Black Experience
- RVA Fashion Week ends fall showcase, shifts focus to spring events
  
  Pharrell Williams: LEGO documentary captures his essence
  
  Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar, …
  
  'Architect of rock 'n' roll,' Little Richard, dies at 87
  
  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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