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- Civil rights, labor unions back casino campaign
  
  Council: Sheltering the unsheltered during Ophelia did not work well
  
  People’s tribunal on state prisons scheduled for Oct. 7
  
  HumanKind’s direct cash funds may soon dry up
  
  House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as Senate pushes ahead to ...
  
  Family of Irvo Otieno agrees to $8.5M settlement
  
  5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating ...
  
  McConnell tries to reassure colleagues about his health, vows to serve out term ...
  
  At International African American Museum opening, a reclaiming of sacred ground for enslaved ...
  
  Agnes Abuom, global ecumenist, peacemaker and African church leader, dies at 73
  
  Argentina soccer team abandons parade amid swarms of people
  
  French federation to go after abusers of World Cup players
Opinion
- Four teachers but no students
  
  There’s something about Richmond
  
  Justice and accountability needed in Irvo Otieno’s death
  
  Vote early and make your voice heard
  
  Class warfare always has existed, by Julianne Malveaux
  
  Dismantling ‘separate but equal’, by David W. Marshall
  
  Hardball game of politics, by Clarence Page
  
  Saving planet matter of choice, by Ben Jealous
  
  Virginia NAACP endorses Richmond Grand project
  
  Transparency and speaking truth to power
  
  Virginia NAACP responds to traffic stop data
  
  Richmond Area SCLC opposes closing early voting locations
Faith
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  Harvard Divinity School selects first Black woman as dean
  
  Coming full faith circle
  
  Thousands gather for March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
  
  Richmond Divine Nine members go to D.C.
  
  Richard Samuel “Major” Reynolds III, corporate leader, civil rights advocate and philanthropist, dies
  
  Pernell Calhoun Taylor Jr. remembered
  
  Metropolitan Business League founder Neverett Alexander Eggleston Jr. dies at age 90
  
  Key Awareness publisher Robert W. Evans Sr. dies at 77
Entertainment
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  Personality: Darius A. Johnson
  
  Personality: Sylvia Clute
  
  Personality: Alycia Wright
  
  Personality: Angela Kelly-Wiecek
  
  Quincy Jones receives State Department’s first Peace Through Music Award
  
  Lights and cameras
  
  Black voices and stories celebrated during Richmond’s recent Afrikana film festival
  
  Bringing people together one conversation at a time
Sports
- Downpour fails to dampen Trojans’ 33-0 victory over Livingstone
  
  Rain is a pain for Panthers
  
  Trojans big man Bruno super sizes offense
  
  Ronald Acuna’s impressive homers, steals MVP-worthy
  
  TJ’s win streak keeps flying by opponents
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
  
  Big 10 football rivalry creates George Jewett Trophy
  
  Olympian and activist Lee Evans, who took iconic stand at 1968 Mexico City ...
  
  Legend of screen and television Cicely Tyson dies at 96
  
  Beloved slugger, MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron dies at 86
  
  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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