Philip’s Continental Lounge isn’t what it sounds like—although it’s hard to say exactly what a “continental lounge” ought to be. Arthur Shaheen, along with brother Faiz, came up with the name. He can’t recall...

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For more than 100 years, the history and heritage of millions of former slaves sat in a dusty warehouse of federal archives. Their names and the dates that marked their lives were recorded on handwritten sheets of paper by the Freedmen’s Bureau...

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Karen Williams, chief judge of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the first female judge on the court, has retired because of illness. Her departure leaves five vacancies on the 15-judge court that covers the states of Virginia,...

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