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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84. -
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Law enforcement data from the 2020 Community Policing Act sheds light on traffic enforcement across the Commonwealth -
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Below are details on upcoming public meetings in Albemarle, Chesterfield and Hanover counties and the cities of Charlottesville, Petersburg and Richmond. -
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The budget includes salary increases and capital improvements, but cuts counseling jobs. -
![The Richmond Free Press building in downtown Richmond is photographed on Thursday, February 12, 2026.]()
A pillar of journalism for Richmond's Black community is closing its doors.
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![FILE - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025.]()
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. -
![Peru's new President José María Balcázar, front right, leaves at Congress a day after voting to remove interim President Jose Jeri from office in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026.]()
José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term. -
![President Donald Trump's name is seen on the U.S. Institute of Peace building, Dec. 4, 2025, in Washington.]()
President Donald Trump will gather Thursday with representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined his Board of Peace, for a meeting that will focus on the reconstruction of Gaza. -
![Sweden's Mika Zibanejad (93) and United States' JT Miller (10) chase the puck during the third period of a men's ice hockey quarterfinal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy.]()
A thrilling overtime goal by defenseman Quinn Hughes puts Team USA through to a semifinal game against Slovakia. On the other side of the bracket, Canada had its own close call, but moves on to face Finland. -
![Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the Los Angeles Superior Court ahead of the social media trial tasked to determine whether social media giants deliberately designed their platforms to be addictive to children on Feb. 18, 2026. Zuckerberg is scheduled to testify Wednesday.]()
The billionaire tech mogul's testimony was part of a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The jury's verdict in the case could shape how some 1,600 other pending cases from families and school districts are resolved.
General Assembly News
- Supreme Court of Virginia greenlights redistricting referendum
- Reforming public university boards is a hot topic at the General Assembly
- Senate bill would shield Dominion customers from some data center-related costs
- Bill to ban herbicide tied to Parkinson's disease dies in House committee
