Heather Heyer

• 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
  
• Man who drove into crowd at Charlottesville white nationalist rally convicted of first-degree murder

  James Alex Fields Jr., was accused of driving his car into a crowd on purpose at a the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in August 2017.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2018
  
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• Accused killer from Charlottesville white nationalist rally set for trial

  James Alex Fields Jr., a 21-year-old Ohio man known in high school for being fascinated with Nazism and idolizing Adolf Hitler, heads to trial Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

  World

  Nov 25, 2018
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• Spike Lee talks right-wing movements, race at Montreal International Black Film Festival

  Spike Lee says the rise of right-wing movements and anti-immigrant sentiment isn't just an American problem.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2018
• Demonstrators march in Charlottesville on anniversary of deadly 2017 rally

  A group of anti-fascist activists are rallying peacefully in downtown Charlottesville, a year after last summer's white supremacist violence struck the city.

  World

  Aug 11, 2018
• Charlottesville declares state of emergency on anniversary of deadly white supremacist rally

  Law enforcement officials said there will be a heavy police presence meant to deter any violence.

  World

  Aug 8, 2018
• Charlottesville car attack suspect pleads not guilty to hate crimes, murder

  An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges Thursday in a deadly car attack on a crowd of protesters opposing a white nationalist rally in Virginia.

  World

  Jul 5, 2018
• White nationalist accused of plowing car into Charlottesville protesters charged with federal hate crime

  Fields already faces state charges of first-degree murder and other crimes.

  Crime

  Jun 27, 2018
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• Suspect in Charlottesville car attack now faces first-degree murder charges

  Prosecutors are seeking to upgrade his second-degree murder charge he previously faced in the collision in Charlottesville that left 32-year-old Heather Heyer dead.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2017
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• 2 Confederate statues shrouded in black in Charlottesville

  The tarps symbolize the city's mourning for a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally

  Politics

  Aug 23, 2017