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Charlottesville police are negotiating with the person responsible for firing several shots. Virginia officers did not have details about whether anyone was injured.

The Canes took a dip in the polls.

James Alex Fields Jr. has been accused of making threats against at least one correctional officer and of wielding a "dangerous weapon," according to prison records and a U.S. Justice Department filing reviewed by CBS News.

Federal prosecutors in December told a judge that James Alex Fields Jr. had a total of $759.86 in his "inmate trust account."

The Miami Hurricanes are moving up in the polls.

The Canes are once again moving up in the polls.

Following the violence of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives are stepping up to the plate, pushing for legislation that would require African-American history to be taught in all public schools as a means to combat racism.

The Canes continue to climb.

A timeline of the events leading up to the U-Va. shooting, which left three dead and two others wounded.

There are just 26 games involving ranked teams in the AP men's basketball poll over the next week.

A University of Virginia student accused of fatally shooting three UVA football players and wounding two other students made his first in-person appearance in court Thursday, as a judge set a date for a hearing when witnesses will testify about the shootings on a bus carrying students back to campus from a field trip last month. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 23, was led into court wearing handcuffs, leg irons and a striped jail jumpsuit. Jones, a former member of the football team, is accused of opening fire on a charter bus as he and other students arrived back on campus after seeing a play and having dinner together in Washington, D.C. Authorities have not released a motive.

Family and friends say goodbye to D'Sean Perry at a viewing on Friday and funeral on Saturday for the University of Virginia football player from South Florida killed in a shooting on the campus last week

Thousands of people have joined Virginia’s football team, coaches and staff in honoring three players who were shot dead as they returned from a field trip last weekend.

Growing the Voices of Our FutureThe Westside Gazette Newspaper is honored to feature these editorial contributions made by local students. At the University of Virginia’s main campus in Charlottesville on Sunday, a shooter killed three people and injured two more. The suspect, who has been identified as a student, is still at large. After a shooting was reported on Culbreth Road at around 10:40 p.m., the university was instructed to remain indoors. The two injured people are receiving medical attention.

There is no playbook to instruct how athletic departments are to respond to the tragic death of one of their athletes.

Virginia has canceled its home football game against No. 23 Coastal Carolina scheduled for Saturday following a shooting on campus that left three players dead and another wounded.

A prosecutor says a witness told police the University of Virginia student suspected of opening fire on fellow students as they returned by bus from a field trip targeted specific victims.

The university revised its earlier account of a disciplinary action involving the suspect in this week's deadly shooting on campus.

The University of Virginia community is mourning as new details emerge about both the three football players killed in a campus shooting this week and the criminal charges the suspect faces.

Students hid inside laboratory closets and dorm rooms across the University of Virginia after getting warnings of an active shooter.

Responding to the immediate threat of an on-campus shooting was a moment they had prepared for since their first years of elementary school. “This will probably affect our campus for a very, very long time,” said Shannon Lake, a third-year student from Crozet, Virginia.

Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by their head coach as “all good kids." Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were juniors returning to campus from a class trip to see a play Sunday night when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student. The young men were also members of the Virginia football team, journeying through periods of transition in their careers — whether it was bouncing back from a season-ending injury, changing positions on the team or transferring in from another school.

A football standout from a Miami high school was one of the three University of Virginia football players killed Sunday night after a group of students returned from a school field trip.

The University of Virginia’s police chief announced on Monday that the suspect in a shooting that killed three members of the school’s football team is in custody, ending an hourslong manhunt that triggered a campus-wide lockdown.

A University of Virginia football player from South Florida was one of three people killed in a shooting on the campus Sunday.

Police in Charlottesville are searching for UVA student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., who remains at large.

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan said in a tweet that the suspect "is at large and considered armed and dangerous," amid reports of fatalities.

Authorities said a University of Virginia student and former member of the school’s football team fatally shot three current players as they returned from a field trip.

The University of Virginia issued a warning to students to shelter in place late Sunday night following a report of shots fired on the campus. “There has been a shooting on Culbreth Road and the suspect is at large and considered armed and dangerous,” UVA President Jim Ryan said in a tweet, asking the university community to “please shelter in place.” The UVA Police Department posted a notice online saying multiple police agencies were searching for a suspect who was considered “armed and dangerous.”

A shooting was reported on campus at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville Sunday night. UVA police named former football player Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. as the suspect.

Pittsburgh got off to as fast a start as a defense can at Virginia.

In the sleepy town of Earlysville, Virginia, 12 miles north of Charlottesville, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Cross Country Championships were set to commence on Friday morning. The University of Miami women’s team walked away with its best finish in program history, placing 12th out of the field of 15. “We made program history today and although it’s tough to miss out on 11th place by one point, I couldn’t be more proud of the growth of this young team,” Coach Cody Halsey said in a Miami Athletics release. “Daphnee had a phenomenal showing today,” Halsey said. “Elle and Bianca also had extraordinary races today,” Halsey said.

Miami (3-4, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) will be traveling to Charlottesville, Virginia to take on the Virginia Cavaliers (3-4, 1-3 ACC) in its third away game of the season. The Hurricanes will look to bounce back after a disappointing 45-21 loss to Duke at Hard Rock Stadium last Saturday. Its biggest task is going to be containing senior Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong. The offense is going to be tested as it will play against a solid Virginia defense led by senior Chico Bennett Jr. The defensive end has an ACC-leading six sacks this season and looks to feast on an injured Miami offensive line.

A Virginia community gathers at a local church to commemorate what happened five years ago in Charlottesville.

The rally by white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee left one counter-protester dead and several injured.

It's been five years since White supremacists rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia on the University of Virginia's campus.

The mother of a former women's lacrosse player at the University of Virginia broke into tears during her testimony Thursday as she described the moment when she learned her daughter was dead. Sharon Love said she thought at first that her daughter had been in a traffic accident, adding that she never thought Yeardley Love would be murdered, WVIR reported. Sharon Love, the administrator of her daughter’s estate, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against George Huguely V, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 killing of Yeardley Love, his on-again, off-again girlfriend.

A jury has been selected in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love.

The Miami Hurricanes gave Jim Larranaga a contract extension.

The number of white nationalist, neo-Nazi and anti-government extremist groups across the U.S. fell for a third straight year in 2021, even as some groups were reinvigorated by the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol last year.

The win made Miami coach Jim Larrañaga the winningest coach in Miami history

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) later defended attending the conference organized by Nick Fuentes, saying she didn't know he has promoted white nationalist ideas.

Miami women’s basketball (14-10, 7-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) defeated the Virginia Cavaliers (3-20, 0-14 ACC) 71-55 on Tuesday in Charlottesville, Virginia. Miami held Virginia to an abysmal three points in the first quarter, going on an 11-0 scoring run to close the quarter. Forward Destiny Harden led the team in points, shooting above 50% and hitting four threes of her own. Virginia was led by junior guard Taylor Valladay, who shot 7-for-12 from the field and finished with 17 points. “With the week we have, this is a heck of a win,” Miami head coach Katie Meier said.

Wong nailed a clutch jumper to restore a two-possession lead as the Hurricanes ran the clock down to 11 seconds.

The Virginia Cavaliers (14-9, 8-5 ACC) had other ideas, shooting a lights-out 60% from the field and 53% from 3-point range on their way to a 71-58 victory. Unfortunately for them, Virginia guard Armaan Franklin responded with a 7-0 scoring run of his own, taking a lead that the Cavaliers would never give back. Moore and McGusty had given the Hurricanes hope that their experience would pull them through a tough start to a resilient road victory. The second half was all Cavaliers as they clinically extended their lead, frustrating the Hurricanes by playing the game at an exceptionally slow pace and executing well on both ends of the floor. Defensively, junior guard Jordan Miller was the Hurricanes’ standout, tying Moore for the most steals in a game this season with seven.

Kameron McGusty had 21 points for Miami in the loss.

The Canes (16-6, 8-3 ACC) are only half of a game back from Duke for the top position in the conference. Senior guard Jayden Gardner, an East Carolina transfer, leads the Cavaliers’ overall attack averaging 14.5 points and nearly seven rebounds per game. In Wednesday night’s loss to Notre Dame, forward Paul Atkinson, Jr. fueled the Irish’s scoring in the paint with 23 total points. Despite a close game at the half, Notre Dame found rhythm and exploited Miami’s defensive scheme. On Saturday, the Hurricanes will be challenged to score points against a tough Cavaliers defense which only allows an ACC-least 59.6 points per game.

“When you get a feeling, just play!” he said.

Virginia’s new Republican attorney general has fired lawyers for two large public universities, his office said, marking more significant changes by Jason Miyares while ascending to his new job. Tim Heaphy, counsel for the University of Virginia, and George Mason University counsel Brian Walther have been let go, Miyares spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita told The Washington Post. School counsel within Virginia's public colleges and universities are appointed by the attorney general.

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We have never had the national reckoning that we need over the events of August 2017.

The 1,100-pound bronze statue of Robert E. Lee that was at the center of a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., will soon be melted down and repurposed into a new public artwork.

The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

Neo-Nazis and far-right activists have coached followers on how to abuse a new Twitter rule to force the service to emove photos of them shared by anti-extremism researchers and journalists.

Nine people who sued white nationalist leaders and organizations over the violence at a deadly rally in Charlottesville in 2017 won a $26 million judgment for the injuries and trauma they endured.

Five people died and 48 were injured when Brooks allegedly drove his SUV into a Wisconsin holiday parade Sunday.

Plaintiffs alleged that the organizers and participants of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally conspired to commit violence and interfered with their right to be free from racially-motivated violence.

Plaintiffs sought millions in damages from white nationalist and neo-Nazi leaders who organized the two-day rally that left one dead and scores injured.

A jury has ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay $26 million in damages over violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

The defendants are accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.

The defendants are accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.

The jury is being asked to decide whether white supremacists, neo-Nazis and white nationalist organizations are responsible for violence during two days of demonstrations in 2017.

A jury has completed the first day of deliberations in a civil trial of white nationalists accused of conspiring to commit racially motivated violence at the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017.

Jurors will hear closing arguments Thursday in a lawsuit that seeks to hold white nationalists accountable for the violence that erupted in the city in 2017.

Lawyers for nine people hurt during the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville have told a jury that white nationalists “planned, executed and then celebrated” racially motivated violence that left one counterprotester dead and dozens more injured.

In a tweet, the House speaker urged House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to support ethics and law enforcement investigations.

Marissa Blair took the stand in a lawsuit that seeks to hold the organizers of the Unite the Right rally accountable for the violence that erupted. She described a scene of "complete terror."

A woman who was pushed to safety as a car slammed into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville has recounted a scene of “complete terror."

The claimed the stunt was to remind Virginians of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally and the "Republican Party's embrace of those values."

In the contest between Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe, the candidates are less important than the grassroots battles that have defined state politics.

The defendants cited freedom of speech.

Jurors have heard opening statements in a civil lawsuit that accuses white nationalists of conspiring to commit violence at the “Unite the Right” demonstrations in Charlottesville in 2017.

The trial is expected to last a month.

Twelve Virginia residents will sit on the jury in the civil trial in which white supremacists are accused of orchestrating violence in Charlottesville that left one dead in 2017.

Jury selection has begun at a civil trial in Charlottesville, Virginia to determine whether white nationalists who planned the so-called “Unite the Right” rally will be held responsible for the violence that erupted.

Throughout the majority of the Miami Hurricanes’ 2021 season, the first 20 minutes have been telling. When the team has struggled mightily, they’ve conceded goals early in the first half. Saturday’s matchup in Charlottesville, Virginia, was no different, as the Hurricanes (4-11, 1-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) let in six goals in the first 29 minutes on their way to a 6-1 defeat against No. Forward Alex Spaanstra, who assisted on the first Virginia goal, joined the scoring fest in the 11th minute with her seventh of the campaign. The wheels have begun to fall off for Sarah Barnes’ group, as this result follows up a 5-0 road loss at Virginia Tech on Thursday.

The Lee monument, which has been a rallying symbol for White supremacists, was at the center of a deadly weekend of violence in 2017.

In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.

A private group is awarding $3 million in grants to more than three dozen groups and sites nationwide to help preserve landmarks linked to Black history.

A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been hoisted off its stone pedestal and hauled away to storage.

Officials in a Virginia city have voted unanimously to remove two statues of Confederate generals, including one that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.

On Thursday, April 1, 2021, Virginia's highest court ruled that the city of Charlottesville can take down this and another statue of a Confederate general. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia's highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. AdThe Jackson statue was erected in Jackson Park in 1921 and the Lee statue was erected in Lee Park in 1924. The state Supreme Court also ruled that the circuit court erred in ordering the city to pay $365,000 in plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs. University of Virginia law Richard Schragger, who specializes in the intersection of constitutional law and local government law, said he took the position early in the litigation that the law didn’t apply to the Charlottesville statues.

(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)The Latest on the first round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):___6:50 p.m.Another first-round upset as 12th-seeded Oregon State defeated No. 9 seed Georgia Tech 71-60 on Friday to mark a triumphant return to the NCAA Tournament. Senior guard Bubba Parham, who is 5-10, got the start instead as Georgia Tech went with a guard-heavy look. AdIllinois will face eighth-seeded Loyola Chicago or ninth-seeded Georgia Tech in the second round of the Midwest Regional on Sunday. Ad___2:10 p.m.Players from several NCAA Tournament teams took a knee during the playing of the national anthem before their first-round games.

So is North Carolina. The Blue Devils are 8-8 and 6-6 in the ACC after beating North Carolina State on Saturday, a win that ended a three-game losing streak. The Scarlet Knights were poised to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 before the tourney was canceled last season. A team on the NCAA Tournament bubble can't really afford consecutive losses late in the season. ___AP Basketball Writer Aaron Beard in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this report.

It's a scene that has unfolded in many other cities and small towns this year, the product of fear and conflict stoked by bogus posts on social media, right-wing news outlets and even some of the nation's most powerful leaders. A man suspected of fatally shooting a Trump supporter after a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Oregon, last month had described himself in a social media post as “100% ANTIFA." They’re trying to blame all this stuff on antifa, and I’m like, ‘Who exactly is antifa? Adam Klein, an associate professor of communication studies at Pace University, analyzed social media posts by far-right extremists and antifascist activists leading up to the Charlottesville rally three years ago. “You don’t get the sense online that there is an organization as much as there are some prominent (social media) accounts associated with antifa,” he said.

Syracuse defeated Virginia 63-55 in overtime. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – Buddy Boeheim and Syracuse had had enough of close losses. 18 Virginia 63-55. Elijah Hughes, who scored 18 points, hit the first 3 of the overtime for the Orange and freshman Joe Girard, who scored 19, hit the second. Syracuse started Saturday averaging 73.7 points and hasn't scored fewer than 54 in a game since the opener.

Virginia's Jordan Mack chases down Florida State running back Khalan Laborn during the first half of a game, Sept. 14, 2019 at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State running back Khalan Laborn is promising a victory against Miami this weekend. Now the Hurricanes have to take care of business in Tallahassee, where Florida State is 4-1 this season. Meanwhile, Miami's Manny Diaz, who graduated from Florida State, is mired by a team struggling to find its way offensively despite a defense that ranks 15th nationally. For what it's worth, Las Vegas oddsmakers concur with Laborn and have Florida State as a 6.5-point favorite.

You have to wonder if the Virginia head basketball coach has ever viewed the 1990s Tom Cruise flick, famous for its "show me the money" catchphrase. Bennett, who led the Virginia men's basketball team to its first national title earlier this year, declined what the university described as a "substantial" raise. Instead the coach asked that financial investments be made to improve the basketball program he's run for a decade, and other sports under the school's athletic program. "This just does not happen in our industry," said Virginia athletic director Carla Williams, who was tasked with making revisions to Bennett's contract. Instead of taking the big raise, Bennett got another year tacked onto his current deal, which now runs for seven years.

Heather Heyer/Facebook/CNN Video(CNN) - Heather Heyer's mother is suing her daughter's imprisoned killer for $12 million -- but she doesn't expect to see a penny. Bro has been keeping herself busy with the Heather Heyer Foundation, she said. She's also joined Haifa Jabara in pushing Congress to enact hate crime legislation in Heyer's and Jabara's son's names. Exactly one year before Heyer's death, Khalid Jabara was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by a man who had been harassing the 37-year-old and his Lebanese family for years. The Jabara-Heyer No Hate Act aims to improve the accuracy of hate crime reporting and provide resources for state hate crime hotlines, among other provisions.

The group no longer exists, according to the attorney's office. A fourth defendant, Cole Evan White, will be sentenced at a later date, the attorney's office said. The three men sentenced attended two rallies in California prior to the August 2017 Charlottesville rally, during one which Daley and Miselis assaulted protesters, according to the attorney's office. The complaint called the men "among the most violent individuals" at the Charlottesville rally. Photo and video footage in the complaint showed White apparently head-butting a man in a clerical collar and a female counterprotester.

Fields is due to be sentenced July 15 for his first-degree murder conviction in state court. US Judge Michael F. Urbanski is expected to sentence Fields on Friday afternoon, following testimony from prosecution witnesses and the defense. Prosecutors -- seeking a sentence of life in prison -- went over details of the attack, including playing video of the car going into the crowd. Two victims said they wished Fields could get the death penalty, but since that's not an option they hope he gets a life sentence. In a memorandum to the court, Fields pleads for mercy and asks for a lesser sentence.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The chain of events that happened over the weekend in Charlottesville are reinvigorating the battle to change controversial street signs in Hollywood. Some residents have written letters, urging commissioners to change the street signs immediately while several residents are trying to preserve the signs. The controversial street signs bear the names of Confederate generals (John Bell) Hood, (Nathan Bedford) Forrest and (Robert E.) Lee. "We're hoping the city finally decides to do what is right -- standing with the people of Hollywood and change these symbols," Valnera said. Commissioners could hold a vote that day to either keep or remove the controversial street signs.