Charlottesville
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Charlottesville, Va., removes Confederate statues at centre of deadly 2017 protestsThe 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.WorldJul 10
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State supreme court rules Charlottesville can remove Confederate statuesThe statues include one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.WorldApr 1
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Edmonton police chief condemns tiki torch carrying but says no evidence of hate crime at recent rallyEdmonton'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.CanadaMar 3
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Man who led Charlottesville rally planning denied concealed gun permit: court recordsJason 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.WorldNov 25, 2020
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Arrest warrant issued for neo-Nazi podcaster who failed 3 times to show up for depositionA 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.WorldSep 14, 2020
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Fact Check: Mike Pence, Republicans press false claims about Donald Trump’s economyRepublicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it.Aug 27, 2020
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Charlottesville suit seeks to connect online speech with real-world violenceThe plaintiffs anticipate the case will go to trial sometime next year.WorldNov 14, 2019
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Charlottesville white supremacist handed 2nd life sentence for deadly car attackThe state sentence is mainly symbolic given his previous sentence on the federal charges.WorldJul 15, 2019
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Charlottesville white supremacist, James Alex Fields Jr., sentenced to life in prisonJames Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in March to federal hate crime charges.WorldJun 28, 2019
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Man guilty in Charlottesville attack seeks mercy as life sentence nearsThe 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.WorldJun 22, 2019
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