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- RPS to reopen April 12 to 800 students
  
  Answers to questions about new Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
  
  Free COVID-19 testing
  
  Conservancy turns up small, Black family cemetery on protected land
  
  Deathbed letter by former NYPD officer tells of conspiracy to kill Malcolm X
  
  Golf without Woods? A possibility
  
  President Biden begins work on unfinished business of Trump administration
  
  Biden nominates Virginia official, former VSU dean, to key USDA post
  
  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
- An about-face
  
  New CEO
  
  No way equal
  
  Voting: A powerful tool
  
  ‘Why I’m excited about the renaming of Freeman Hall ... to Mitchell-Freeman Hall’, ...
  
  Black women’s organizations matter, by Julianne Malveaux
  
  President and the pandemic, by Glenn Ellis
  
  Changing Va.’s laws would honor the work of HIV advocates, by Deirdre Johnson
  
  Marijuana legalization legislation falls short of equity and fairness
  
  Thank you, Dominion Energy workers
  
  Kudos to Free Press sports writer and artist Fred Jeter
  
  Protect Brown Grove
Faith
- - Faith News
  - Obituaries
  Bloody Sunday memorial March 7 to honor late civil rights giants
  
  Dean Yolanda Pierce on grandmother theology, Black Jesus
  
  Opponents to Fourth Baptist Church’s incorporation tie up names with SCC
  
  Faith leaders issue BHM book challenge to Richmond area residents
  
  Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan dies at 85
  
  Rev. Kenneth E. Dennis Sr., pastor of Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, dies ...
  
  Hip-hop artist Prince Markie Dee of Fat Boys dies at 52
  
  Dr. Ralph Reavis Sr., pastor, author and former president of Virginia University of ...
Entertainment
- - Personality
  - Happenings
  Personality: Rasheeda N. Creighton
  
  Personality: Tiffany S. Mickel
  
  Personality: E. Martin ‘Marty’ Jewell
  
  Personality: Ryshonna T. Addison
  
  Late actor Chadwick Boseman, others win Golden Globes as foreign press group called ...
  
  Tea time: Oprah snags first interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle since ...
  
  Research identified 18th-century school for Black children
  
  Lawyer and former NFL athlete plays new role in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
Sports
- Footwear and talent carry Atlee’s Jada Foreman to victories
  
  Injury-plagued Rams hope to be ready for A-10 Tournament
  
  Hampton University out in Big South quarterfinals
  
  Wizards’ Bradley Beal leads NBA in scoring
  
  Golf without Woods? A possibility
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 ...
  
  African-American astronaut pilots SpaceX capsule to International Space Station
  
  Black woman chaplain makes rank of colonel and history
  
  Athlete power: ‘Shut up and play’ is tossed from the game
  
  Eric English to become Henrico’s first Black police chief
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