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She Moved to California for a Full-time Teaching Job. But High Rent, Low Pay Has Left Her ‘Homeless'
A Richmond school teacher has both a bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in education but says that even with those credentials, she isn’t making enough to keep a roof over her head in the Bay Area.
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Here's Your Chance to Live on a Private Island With Views of San Francisco Bay
A charming bed and breakfast on a private island is now looking for a pair of people to run the operation.
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Virginia Capital Removes Its Last City-Owned Confederate Monument
The city of Richmond — the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War — removed its last city-owned Confederate statue on Monday, more than two years after it began to purge itself of what many saw as painful symbols of racial oppression.
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One Dead, One Injured in Rhode Island Car Crash
State police are investigating a fatal crash near Richmond, Rhode Island, early Sunday morning where one person died and one was injured. The crash occurred alongside Interstate 95, near exit 3, according to police. Authorities said the car, a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu, had just exited a driveway before striking a tree. The driver, identified as a minor, was found sitting…
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Gunfire Erupts at Virginia Party, Leaving 1 Dead, 7 Hurt
Police say a 20-year-old man is dead and seven other young people are injured after gunfire erupted during a graduation party in central Virginia. Two separate fights between attendees of the mostly outdoor party in Chester were reported shortly before police received a call about shots fired Friday night. Chesterfield County Police gave an update on their investigation Saturday. Police...
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1983 Arson Conviction Vacated Due to Antisemitism at Trial
A New York man who spent nearly 40 years trying to clear his name after a jury tainted by antisemitism wrongfully convicted him of arson has finally been vindicated. Lawyers for Barry Jacobson — who were helped in their efforts by the Anti-Defamation League and the Innocence Project — announced Tuesday that a court vacated his conviction earlier this year…
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Steelworkers Poised to Strike at Chevron California Refinery
More than 500 workers at a Chevron refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area officially went on strike at Monday morning.
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Confederate Monuments in Virginia Will Likely Go to Black History Museum
Officials from the state of Virginia and the city of Richmond have tentatively decided the future of their now mostly relocated Confederate monuments.
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Time Capsule From 1887 Unboxed by Conservation Experts
On Tuesday, experts in Virginia pulled books, money and other artifacts from the box found in the pedestal of a Robert E. Lee monument.
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Crews Find 2nd Apparent Time Capsule at Lee Statue Site in Virginia
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says crews wrapping up the removal of a giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Crews May Have Found 1887 Time Capsule in Lee Statue Base
Crews working to remove the pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E
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Virginia Governor Announces Removal of Lee Statue Pedestal, Transfer of Land to City
The move comes about a month before the Ralph Northam leaves office and Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, who has expressed less enthusiasm about the statue’s removal, is sworn in.
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Watch: Emancipation and Freedom Monument Unveiled in Richmond
The Emancipation and Freedom monument was unveiled on Wednesday in Richmond, Virginia.