Charlottesville

• Charlottesville, Va., removes Confederate statues at centre of deadly 2017 protests

  The move comes after a long, winding legal fight, coupled with changes in a state law that protected war memorials had held up the removal for years.

  World

  Jul 10, 2021
  
• State supreme court rules Charlottesville can remove Confederate statues

  The statues include one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.

  World

  Apr 1, 2021
  
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• Edmonton police chief condemns tiki torch carrying but says no evidence of hate crime at recent rally

  Edmonton's police chief says he knows concerns continue to be raised about a rally against public health measures last month, during which some participants carried tiki torches.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2021
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• Man who led Charlottesville rally planning denied concealed gun permit: court records

  Jason Kessler, who led the planning of the August 2017 Unite the Right event that exploded into deadly violence, filed to obtain the permit in September, The Daily Progress reported.

  World

  Nov 25, 2020
• Arrest warrant issued for neo-Nazi podcaster who failed 3 times to show up for deposition

  A U.S. judge said Texas resident Robert "Azzmador" Ray has been in "total disregard" of court orders in a lawsuit against him and other far-right extremists and groups associated with the Aug. 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  World

  Sep 14, 2020
• Fact Check: Mike Pence, Republicans press false claims about Donald Trump’s economy

  Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it.

  Aug 27, 2020
• Charlottesville suit seeks to connect online speech with real-world violence

  The plaintiffs anticipate the case will go to trial sometime next year.

  World

  Nov 14, 2019
• Charlottesville white supremacist handed 2nd life sentence for deadly car attack

  The state sentence is mainly symbolic given his previous sentence on the federal charges.

  World

  Jul 15, 2019
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• Charlottesville white supremacist, James Alex Fields Jr., sentenced to life in prison

  James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in March to federal hate crime charges.

  World

  Jun 28, 2019
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• Man guilty in Charlottesville attack seeks mercy as life sentence nears

  The self-avowed white supremacist who plowed his car into counterdemonstrators opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia two years ago, killing one person and injuring dozens, has asked a judge for mercy and a sentence shorter than life in prison.

  World

  Jun 22, 2019