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Traffic drives in the circle at the monument of confederate General A.P. Hill, which contains his remains, is in the middle of a traffic circle on Arthur Ashe Blvd. Jan. 6, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia's capital, an official said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Confederate monument set to be removed from Virginia capital

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This image provided by Brenda Hollins by Gordon McKernan shows Mike Hollins, right, and his mother, Brenda Hollins, at University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2022. Mike Hollins was shot and wounded on the school’s campus on Sunday, Nov. 13. Three of his teammates on the university’s football team were fatally shot during the incident. (Brenda Hollins and Gordon McKernan via AP)

UVA football player wounded in shooting gets out of hospital

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A Virginia State Police vehicle drives past the University of Virginia Rotunda on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Charlottesville, Va. Police have captured a University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three members of the school’s football team on Sunday, as they returned to campus from a field trip. Two other students were wounded. (Mike Kropf/The Daily Progress via AP)

Slain UVA students were shot in the head, medical examiner says

By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

Memorial flowers and notes line walkway at Scott Stadium after three football players were killed in a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

U.Va. shooting suspect part of field trip, school confirms

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Richmond Police Chief Gerald M Smith listens to a question in front of a photo of one of two suspects during a press conference at Richmond Virginia Police headquarters Wednesday July 6, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Police said Wednesday that they thwarted a planned July 4 mass shooting after receiving a tip that led to arrests and the seizure of multiple guns — an announcement that came just two days after a deadly mass shooting on the holiday in a Chicago suburb. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Richmond police chief resigns amid scrutiny

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A pick-up truck rolls through downtown, Wednesday Oct. 5, 2022, in Richmond, Vt. A town employee in Richmond is under fire for lowering the fluoride level in the drinking water below the state's recommended level for more than three years. A town commission has voted to return the water to full fluoridation after outrage from some residents. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

Town employee quietly lowered fluoride in water for years

By Lisa Rathke - Associated Press

Julio Cesar Alvarado-Dubon, middle left to right, and Rolman Balcarcel-Bavagas, both charged with felony possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, stand with defense attorneys Jose Aponte, left, and Samuel Simpson V during a preliminary hearing before Judge David M. Hicks in Richmond City General District Court in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. The judge dismissed state gun charges against the two Guatemalan men who police said planned a mass shooting in Richmond on the Fourth of July after charges were filed against the men in federal court. (Alexa Welch Edlund/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Federal gun charges for 2 accused of plotting July 4 attack

By Denise Lavoie - Associated Press

A Washington Commanders training field is seen during an NFL football practice at Inova Sports Performance Center in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Training camp hurdles have diehard Commanders fans flummoxed

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, at podium, speaks before signing the budget bill at a ceremony at a grocery store Tuesday June 21, 2022, in Richmond, Va. The Virginia General Assembly passed the budget earlier in the week. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Youngkin shifts Virginia right, raising profile inside GOP

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Denny Hamlin raises his hands in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Caudill)

Hamlin finally finds the Next Gen formula, wins at Richmond

By Hank Kurz Jr. - Associated Press

Richmond Times-Dispatch senior photographer Bob Brown, center left gets a hug from Del. Delores McQuinn, D-Richmond, front left, as he is honored on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates during the session at the Capitol Saturday March 12, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Brown is retiring at the end of March after 54 years with the paper. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

With budget work unfinished, lawmakers go home, will return

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Kentucky Republican state Rep. Wesley Morgan testifies in an Ethics House committee in Frankfort, Ky. Morgan, criticized for trying to pass legislation that would have benefited his liquor store business, has been cleared of a criminal charge filed against him earlier this year. Tuesday, Aug. 1, Judge Wendell Hammonds dismissed that charge and said Morgan was allowed to &quot;take advantage&quot; of the new law even though it had not yet gone into effect. (AP Photo/Adam Beam, File)

1 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at home of former lawmaker

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Workers remove the pedestal of the Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Richmond starts removal of Confederate monument pedestals

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives his State of the Commonwealth speech to the Joint Assembly inside the House of Delegates Chamber at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Confusion, lawsuit follow Virginia governor’s order on masks

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, addresses the Senate during the Senate reconvene session at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Chase said Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, she is ending her bid for Congress, citing the impact of redistricting on Virginia's legislative maps. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Conservative Va. state Sen. Amanda Chase ends bid for Congress

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In this Sept. 1, 2021, file photo, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring addresses the Virginia FREE Leadership Luncheon in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Virginia AG sues town, alleging discriminatory policing

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Workers recover a box believed to be the 1887 time capsule that was put under Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's statue pedestal in Richmond, Va., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Crews wrapping up the removal Monday of the giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Lee found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Katherine Ridgway, state archaeological conservator, prepares to wrap and remove a box believed to be the 1887 time capsule that was put under Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue's pedestal Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, in Richmond, Va. In back, Everett Mercer, 10, son of Governor Ralph Northam's chief staff Clark Mercer, stands by to help. Crews wrapping up the removal Monday of the giant pedestal that once held a statue of Gen. Lee found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Crews find time capsule ‘everyone was looking for’ at Lee statue site

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

A time capsule that was placed in 1887 in the pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is uncovered on Monument Avenue, Friday Dec. 17, 2021, in Richmond, Va. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered the pedestal removed and the land given to the city of Richmond. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

1887 time capsule found at base of Lee statue to be opened

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FILE - The pedestal that once held the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee stands empty on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. The pedestal has been covered in graffiti, with some describing it as a work of protest art that should be left in place. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Northam to remove Lee statue pedestal, transfer land to city

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press