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  • The sport is already underway at the Paris Games this week, with two medals at stake. Don't let the grace and poise fool you: Artistic swimming is quite physically demanding. How do they do it?
  • Officials at the school in Newport News where a 6-year-old shot his teacher had been alerted and searched the child’s backpack before the shooting, but couldn’t find the gun… The General Assembly considers a bill that would end solitary confinement for prisoners... A state task force says lawmakers need to do more to address problems with recycling….
  • Governor Youngkin announces his energy plan, mostly opposed by Democrats and environmentalists, but there’s some common ground, too… Candidates for Congress are debating around the state, including Cline and Lewis in the 6th District… Albemarle County election officials say the Virginia Department of Elections sent out a wrong address for early voting….
  • A former cop from southwest Virginia gets one of the longest prison sentences yet for storming the U-S Capitol on January 6th… Senator Kaine visits the Winchester area to promote local education and infrastructure projects… Charlottesville residents reflect on life there five years after the Summer of Hate, and what remains to be done….
  • Crews collected 4.6 million pounds of oily material from the Gulf Coast shoreline this year. Coastal residents are asking how long they'll be living with the effects of BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Glacier National Park boasts some of the darkest skies in the U.S., so it's a perfect spot for a stargazing party at the top of 6,000-foot-tall Logan Pass.
  • Committee members heard testimony from a witness with evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack. Documentarian Nick Quested was filming the extremist group the Proud Boys before and during the riots.
  • Jay Johnston was arrested in California on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection.
  • Esposito reprises his Breaking Bad villain, Gus Fring, on Better Call Saul. Maureen Corrigan presents her early summer reading list. Paul Nicklen takes pictures of a fragile and ferocious ecosystem.
  • The mortgage giant needed a $116 billion bailout from the federal government after the housing bubble burst in 2007. As housing recovers, it's been able to put money back into Treasury's coffers.
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