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Panthers have wind at their back

It’s not how you start that counts most. It’s how you finish. And with Baltimore beckoning, Virginia Union is putting on a finishing kick.

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Al Sharpton’s organizes picket outside offices of Claudine Gay’s attacker

‘We’ll make ourselves at home outside his office’ says NAN leader

Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), who last month stood by former Harvard President Claudine Gay as she came under relentless attacks from hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman, will add another layer to his support of her on Thursday.

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Jeffrey Osborne keeps holding on, flying high

Blessed with one of the most distinctive voices in modern R&B, it didn’t take Jeffrey Osborne long to establish a solo career after departing the funk band L.T.D. (Love, Togetherness and Devotion) in the early 1980s. After years of playing drums in the group known for the hits “Holding On (When Love Is Gone)” and “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again, he stepped out front with his self-titled debut in 1982, produced by George Duke.

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Lawmakers take up ‘skill games,’ minimum wage, marijuana as Assembly hits midpoint deadline

Virginia lawmakers plowed through hundreds of bills Tuesday as they reached a key deadline for this year’s legislative session.

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Calls grow to save site of oldest U.S. Black women’s benevolent society

Social justice and community advocates are calling for no taxes to be levied on a mansion that has served as the headquarters for the oldest Black women’s benevolent society in America for decades.

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VUU defeats Shippensburg 60-56

Power drives Panthers’ ‘Wizard of Os’

Call this Robert Osborne’s encore season.

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Virginia’s Center for the Book names new director

Writer, educator and arts collaborator Kalela Williams is returning to Virginia as the new director of the Virginia Center for the Book.

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Trojans lose to Hawks 43-40

After falling to Chowan, VSU’s recovery won’t be easy

Nurses often ask patients “how much does it hurt on a scale of one to 10?”

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I-95 Express Lanes, Fredericksburg extension open

New road estimated to save drivers 35 minutes when coming from D.C. during rush hour

A new, 10-mile extension of the 95 Express Lanes to Fredericksburg opens to mainline traffic late on Aug. 17, according to the Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin administration.

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New signs discourage drivers from giving out money

Nearly two dozen signs designed to decrease panhandling and distracted driving recently popped up at busy intersections in Richmond.

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Squirrels feast on ‘M&Ms’

The Richmond Flying Squirrels opened their season with “M&Ms” at the top of the batting menu. Not the candy kind; this is about leadoff hitter Ismael Munguia and second-in-order Luis Matos.

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Play well

The LEGO Group broke ground April 13 on its new carbon-neutral run factory in Chesterfield County near Richmond.

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Is our gun-crazed society reflection of entertainment biz?

The prop gun killing on the “Rust” movie set by Alec Baldwin reminds me of other reckless gun-violence disasters on movie sets. Specifically, when the actor Jon-Erik Hexum died after shoot- ing himself in the head with a prop gun blank while pretending to play Russian roulette with a .44 Magnum on the set of the 1984 CBS television series “Cover Up.” As well as when actor Brandon Lee, 28, son of the late martial arts star Bruce Lee, died after being hit by a .44-caliber slug while filming a death scene for the 1993 movie “The Crow.”

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Proposed GreenCity arena aims to be ‘greenest in America’

GreenCity Partners and ASM Global announced on Monday an agreement to develop and operate a proposed 17,000-seat GreenCity Arena in Henrico County.

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Enrichmond’s remaining assets headed for receivership, sources say

A deal that could resolve issues related to the collapsed Enrichmond Foundation is in the works, the Free Press has learned.

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Charles ‘Jabo’ Wilkins’ VCU jersey to be retired Feb. 28

In the beginning of VCU basketball, there was Charles “Jabo” Wilkins.

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VUU, 6-1, prepares for Augusta University

Two of NCAA Division II basketball’s hottest teams will go head to head 2 p.m. Saturday at Virginia Union’s Barco-Stevens Hall.

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Venus Williams earns long-awaited victory in Auckland

Venus Williams is back in the win column.

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Corey Seager’s two-time MVP win

If Reggie Jackson was “Mr. October,” as he came to be known, then Corey Seager might well be “Mr. November.”

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VSU Marching Band named top divisional band by ESPN

Virginia State University’s Trojan Explosion Marching Band has been named the top Division II HBCU band in the country in 2023, according to ESPN the university has announced.