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Video: KKK arrives at Justice Park. #charlottesvillekkk
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PHOTOS: #UniteTheRight torch rally at UVa ends at the Rotunda and in violence. #Charlottesville
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Charlottesville Vice Mayor @DrWesBellamy calls for prosecution of participants in tonight's white supremacist rally.
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BREAKING: Jacob Goodwin, one of the men found guilty in the Aug. 12 beating of DeAndre Harris, will serve eight years in prison.
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Charlotte's Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor, Maine is trying an interesting approach to raising humane lobsters...with a little bit of smoke. Charlotte Gill is a registered medical marijuana caregiver & takes a green approach with the lobsters.
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Chandler interrupted the court proceedings, loudly saying โ€œIโ€™m famous on the internet.โ€
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A state employee says first lady Pam Northam handed cotton to black students on a tour of the Governor's Mansion, asking them "if they could imagine what it must have been like to pick cotton all day."
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Statement from city GOP chairman Erich Reimer on the Lee Park events. Story here:
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Marcus Martin spoke at tonight's vigil for #heatherheyer . He was seen in our photo of the crash that killed Heather.
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A state law prohibits statewide officials from accepting campaign donations during a regular General Assembly session, but Attorney General Jason Miyares reported receiving four large donations on Monday.
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An Endangered Missing Child Alert has been issued for Azalia Berrian, an autistic 14-year-old Nelson County resident. She was last seen Thursday at 8 p.m. on Russell Way in Afton.
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JUST IN: Lawsuit to be filed over alleged "stand down" order given to police. Announcement tomorrow at Emancipation park.
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The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is dead, abandoned by Dominion Energy and its partner, Duke Energy, ending a 600-mile natural gas project that would have cost at least $8 billion to complete.
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About 100 African-American nurses were never allowed inside UVaโ€™s nursing school and were never acknowledged as alumni despite being credentialed through a UVa program. Now, a UVa research project is trying to identify these โ€œhidden nurses."
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Breaking: UVa says it has now developed its own COVID-19 test, which can process about 20 tests per day right now.
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An Ohio teen said he wanted the group to be "operational" if President Donald Trump were to lose his re-election bid, the FBI alleges in an affidavit that was mistakenly unsealed.
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Presidential candidate @BetoORourke , in his second visit to Charlottesville, says the city "has an incredibly powerful story to tell, not just about that racism and that violence โ€ฆ but the way in which this community has sought to overcome that."
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Stormy Daniels has booked two shows at a Richmond-area strip club next month. Mike Dickinson, Paper Moon's spokesman has invited all politicians, namely Corey Stewart and Dave Brat, to attend.
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UVA IS HEADED TO ITS FIRST FINAL FOUR SINCE 1984: 80-75 OVER PURDUE! #MarchMadness
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Thousands gathered at the UVa Rotunda to reclaim the place where white nationalists had gathered days before.
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Chris Dembitz was โ€˜Phony Bennett,โ€™ the Virginia alumnus who created and ran the wildly popular โ€˜If Tony Tweeted,โ€™ Twitter account. But there was nothing fake about Dembitz, a 1995 UVa
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Dโ€™Sean Perry, a linebacker and defensive end, was one of the victims killed in Sunday nightโ€™s shooting at UVa, his father Sean Perry confirmed to The Daily Progress on Monday
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More than a thousand people marched from downtown Charlottesville to the University of Virginia on Sunday evening to demand justice and affirm that black lives matter.
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BREAKING: James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio is charged with 2nd-degree murder; jail won't confirm rally relation.
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The University of Virginia Menโ€™s Basketball Team has WON this year's NCAA Championship! The Cavaliers are your 2019 National Champions for the first time in school history!!! Final score: 85-77!
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The photo was taken by then-staff photographer @RyanMKellyPhoto on his last day at the paper.
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Breaking: Three years after a vote to remove a Robert E. Lee statue, Charlottesville has a new path toward removing its Confederate monuments. "This is landmark legislation for Virginia," said Del. @SallyLHudson .
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BREAKING: Charlottesville Police have made an arrest in connection with threats that have closed Charlottesville City Schools over the last two days. A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with a Class 6 Felony and a Class 1 misdemeanor. Full story forthcoming.
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Just in: City to designate a portion of 4th St. NE as Honorary Heather Heyer Way at a ceremony on Dec. 20.
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BREAKING: State police identify troopers killed in helicopter crash as H. Jay Cullen of Midlothian and Berke M.M. Bates of Quinton.
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PHOTOS: Charlottesville activists march through the city following James Fields' conviction.
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8 years
Green Party candidate @DrJillStein , speaking in Charlottesville, hopes to rise above chaos.
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4 years
For the first time in 32 years, Bodo's Bagels opened drive-thru lanes! As of today, both locations are operating their drive-thru windows with full staff on normal hours. More photos by @erineedgerton here:
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The local African American museum plans to melt the statue down and transform it into a new work of public art.
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3 years
The denial is based on Jason Kessler's criminal history as well as an affidavit from Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Hingeley which states Kessler is likely to endanger others.
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'Mama, police': A parrot tipped off drug dealers to a raid, Brazilian authorities say. Now it's in custody.
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GIVE JOHN DARNIELLE A SWORD!
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7 years
BREAKING: Two killed in state police helicopter crash.
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4 years
Staff at the University of Virginia Medical Center threw away convention to think outside of the box to help figure out a way to help extend the life of PPE, such as N95 masks. Meet Tru-D, a robot designed to disinfect with UV rays.
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Former Sen. John W. Warner, a Republican, has endorsed Democrat Abigail Spanberger in the race for the 7th District. "Although we have some differences of opinion, we both hold true our commitment to our country and Virginia."
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4 years
According to Richard Spencer, efforts to de-platform him in the wake of the Unite the Right rally has made fundraising difficult.
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White supremacist Christopher Cantwell has been denied bond following an appeal by prosecutors.
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Bodo's employees are joining the recent wave of unionization campaigns among retail workers.
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Rodney Robinson is the first teacher ever from Richmond Public Schools and just the third in Virginia history to be named National Teacher of the Year.
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Charlottesville Police Department seeing a โ€˜mass exodusโ€™; pay issues, community hostility cited in exit interviews
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โ€œI just would like people to focus on the anniversary, not on Heather, but on the issues that she died for...for more truth and the telling of the history of Charlottesville and to focus on where they need to go as a community,โ€ said Susan Bro.
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Thomas says Unite the Right did not follow police plan for orderly rally.
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Amid Trump's defense of his Charlottesville rally comments, the UVa men's basketball team declined a White House invite to celebrate its national championship.
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Say hello to Scooter, the best boy who loves to run around and play! He's one of this week's featured adoptable pets from the @CASPCA ! He just wants to scoot his way into your heart.
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University of Virginia graduate student Thomas Storrs correctly guessed that six trucks would fall victim to the low-hanging bridge at UVa Corner.
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. @DrJillStein will speak at a meeting of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population.
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BREAKING: The University of Virginia has announced that it will provide $3 million to help contract employees and local residents who've been furloughed and financially strapped because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic causes greater unemployment, legislation from Del. Sally Hudson, D-Charlottesville, seeks to fix several issues with the Virginia Employment Commission that have come to the fore.
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Time Disposal has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for the family of employee Chris Foley, 28, of Louisa, who died in the Wednesday morning crash.
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Dr. Cameron Webb, who is vying for the seat representing Virginiaโ€™s 5th Congressional district, arranged the event, and said he hoped it would help frontline workers bring their issues directly to the Senator.
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JUST IN: Gov. McAuliffe: "I encourage Virginia's localities and the General Assembly ... to take down these monuments and relocate them".
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Breaking: Hundreds of Charlottesville-area doctors and nurses have signed a petition asking Gov. Northam to secure personal protective equipment. โ€œEverybody feels worried,โ€ @paigeperriello said.
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Daniel Borden (left) and Alex Ramos (right) charged with malicious wounding at or near the Market Street garage.
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The smells of spring and coffee wafted in the breeze Tuesday, the surprisingly clean morning-after streetscape belying the night before when students and townies jammed shoulder to shoulder to celebrate UVa's men's basketball national championship.
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Staff at University of Virginiaโ€™s Department of Art are planning to honor the life and work of Dโ€™Sean Perry, who was a studio art major in the College of Arts
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Longtime state Sen. Creigh Deeds has triumphed in a tough matchup against Del. Sally Hudson in the Senate District 11 race.
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In a new television show, Newton โ€“ the 2010 Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn and former No. 1 NFL Draft Pick โ€“ reveals he thought about playing for Frank Beamer
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Dominion is suspending construction along the entire 600-mile route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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University of Virginia running back Mike Hollins has made it safely through a second surgery after he was shot as he and several classmates returned from a field trip Sunday
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โ€œThe violence in Charlottesville was an act of hate, and everyone across the country felt the impact," FBI Director Christopher Wray says about James Fields' guilty plea.
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Charlottesville and Albemarle teachers have worked this spring and summer to update history curriculum, and will test out new lessons in the coming school year.
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Kellen Squire, an emergency department nurse, said he was inspired to run in part because of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's decision to pull back mask mandates and other protective health measures.
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Former Atty. Gen. Holder has a concise assessment of yesterday's violence:
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If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly & logically. Charlottesville - call it what it is, domestic terrorism.
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BREAKING: Anthem to re-enter individual health insurance market in Virginia.
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The Charlottesville School Board on Thursday voted unanimously to prohibit students from wearing clothing with Confederate imagery.
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Two-time Super Bowl champion and University of Virginia alumnus Chris Long will be the featured speaker at UVaโ€™s Valedictory Exercises on May 18.
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On Thursday, 33-year-old Ramos, of Jackson, Georgia, became the second person convicted in the bloody group beating of DeAndre Harris after the failed Unite the Right rally last summer.
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The Daily Progress front page for Tuesday, Nov. 15.
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We've sold out of copies of today's paper, but don't worry! An additional 3,000 copies will be available to buy tomorrow, starting at 8 a.m.
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A longtime drama teacher at Monticello High School has won the 2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award and will be honored at the Tony Awards.
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. @OCEARCH measured Katherine the great white shark at 14-feet and 2,300 pounds four years ago. (AP file photo)
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Google has partnered with @VAHumanities to release virtual tours of slave dwellings on Google Street View. It's part of an effort to help preserve and increase digital access to slave dwellings in Virginia.
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EXCLUSIVE: Colin Firth is coming to @VaFilmFest and will be joined by @GovernorVA to introduce @lovingthefilm .
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The story so far about the torch-wielding protesters who briefly gathered at Lee Park:
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All University of Virginia students will have to submit a negative COVID-19 test before returning to Charlottesville for the start of classes next month, the school said in a release Thursday.
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