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Former UR player Justin Rogers hopes to secure Washington’s No. 25 jersey

Justin Rogers wants his face on the nickel. No, not the five-cent piece jingling in your pocket, but the Washington defensive backfield type of nickel. The nickel back — a fifth defensive back — has become almost as popular a term as “hail Mary” and “sack dance” in NFL lingo.

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Hilbert, Gray slowing roll on bike lanes

Hit by a hailstorm of opposition, City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, and Councilwoman Kim B. Gray, 2nd District, are no longer in a rush to kill the bike lanes proposed for Brook Road.

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Vote on Nov. 6

Last night, I finished reading “The Blood of Emmett Till” by Timothy B. Tyson. The 14-year-old was killed in 1955 because of who he was and where he was. On Saturday, it happened again in a Pittsburgh synagogue. Eleven Jewish parishioners were killed because of who they were and where they were.

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Dr. Ralph Reavis Sr., pastor, author and former president of Virginia University of Lynchburg, dies at 80

The private Virginia University of Lynchburg was teetering on collapse when Dr. Ralph Reavis Sr. left the pulpit at Riverview Baptist Church in Richmond to respond to a call to save his undergraduate alma mater.

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Faith groups mobilize against opposition to Syrian refugees

Religious groups are pushing back against a wave of opposition toward Syrian refugees and are working to preserve the United States as a haven for those fleeing their war-torn nation.

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‘I cannot mourn’

Former colonies conflicted over the queen

The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8, left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowd-lined streets of London to Westminster Hall. There, Britain’s longest-serving monarch will lie in state for the world to mourn.

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Oklahoma judge rules man who wrongfully spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder is innocent

An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime.

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Personality: Joye B. Moore

2023 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic Region 2023 winner for Best Peach Pie in the Country by American Pie Council

Joye B. Moore’s recipe for sweet potato pie was handed down from the women in her family going back to her great-great-great grandmother, Susan Mae Howell.

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Howard takes on ‘Mission Impossible’ and scores big

Mike London’s University of Virginia football coaching tenure couldn’t have ended much worse. His coaching career at Howard University couldn’t have started much better. In his first game on sidelines for the Washington school, Coach London directed a head-spinning 43-40 upset victory last Saturday at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

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Donnie McClurkin: 'I'm at a time now I sing when I want to'

Two decades ago, gospel singer and pastor Donnie McClurkin stepped on a London stage to record his second album. Now, he’s returning to the United Kingdom for 20th anniversary concerts on Oct. 18 and 19 to reprise the music of his “Live in London and More” CD that featured the songs “That’s What I Believe” and “We Fall Down.”

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Create a ‘Social Justice Trail’ in Richmond

Re Column “Reimagining Monument Avenue,” Free Press July 1-3 edition:

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UR and ODU welcome new presidents

The new president of the University of Richmond will be on campus when the school’s first Black president, Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher, waves goodbye this week.

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Trammell, Spinks and Lambert squeeze out victories in City Council races

Tavarris J. Spinks, a specialist in information technology for health care, appears to have eked out a 26-vote victory to claim the vacant 2nd District City Council seat, according to unofficial results released Wednesday.

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Richmond Circuit Court clears way for ballot initiative on schools vs. Coliseum

The Richmond Circuit Court this week cleared the way for political strategist Paul Goldman to launch a challenge to a brewing $1.2 billion proposal to replace the 47-year-old Richmond Coliseum.

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RPS releases initial details of online reopening

When school starts Tuesday, Sept. 8, for Richmond Public Schools students, their online lessons will begin at 9:15 a.m. and end at 4:20 p.m. Students in pre-school through third grade will start earlier — at 9 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m.

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‘Gun control has nothing to do with guns; it is people control’

Letters to the editor

The purpose of this letter is correct myths surrounding the AR-15 rifle, the most popular rifle in America.

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2-year-old teaches cashier lesson on beauty of all skin colors

Brandi Benner and her husband, Nick, took their 2-year-old, Sophia, to Target last week to let her buy a special gift for a major milestone — pooping on the potty for one month straight.

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GRTC to pilot on-demand service for elderly, disabled

Taxicab, Uber and Lyft drivers soon could be taking elderly and disabled people shopping, to the doctor and to other places in Richmond and Henrico County.

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Coliseum review panel stalled after attempt to add VUU president

New twists occurred this week in the ongoing saga of the Navy Hill District Corp. proposal to replace the Richmond Coliseum.

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Cleared

Allegations dismissed that Mayor Dwight C. Jones used city resources to benefit his church

Mayor Dwight C. Jones is off the hook. Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring announced Wednesday that Mayor Jones has been cleared of allegations that he used city resources to benefit the South Side church where he also is senior pastor.