Month: August 2017

iStock/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- "Terror in Virginia." "Death & Hate." "A Day of Death."Those are just some of the headlines splashed across the covers of newspapers across the U.S., covering the ramming of a car Saturday into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Virginia that left one dead and several injured.Below, a look at newspapers in the state where the tragedy occurred, and elsewhere.THE DAILY PROGRESS, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA The […]

Twitter/@brennanmgilmore(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) --  An Ohio man was charged with murder after a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators following a foiled white nationalist rally Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing a 32-year-old woman and leaving 19 others injured, police and officials said.James Alex Fields, Jr. of Maumee Ohio faces one count of second degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit-and-run after the incident, which sent […]

Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The usually quiet university city of Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted into chaos Saturday when far-right extremists gathering for a "Unite the Right" event clashed with counter-protesters, leaving more than a dozen injured and several under arrest.The melee turned deadly in the afternoon when a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman and leaving 19 others injured, five critically. The driver was […]

iStock/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Two Virginia State Police officers who were assisting in the response to the violence surrounding a planned white nationalist rally in Charlottesville died Saturday afternoon after their helicopter crashed seven miles southwest of the city.The officers were traveling in a Virginia State Police helicopter "assisting public safety resources with the ongoing situation in Charlottesville," according to a spokesperson for the state police, where a confrontation between white […]

FBI(WOODBRIDGE, Va.) -- The FBI confirmed on Saturday morning that, after a four-year manhunt, it has captured one of the bureau’s 10 Most Wanted criminals, who was sought in connection with a brutal 2011 murder in New Jersey.Walter Yovany Gomez, whom the FBI refers to as a New Jersey gang member, was apprehended in Woodbridge, Virginia, by local law enforcement.Gomez was wanted in connection with his alleged involvement in the […]

iStock/Thinkstock(PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill.) -- Following Friday night's Mega Millions draw for a $393 million jackpot, the lottery announced shortly afterwards that a single winning ticket was sold in Illinois.The ticket, sold at Nick's Barbecue in Palos Heights, matched all six numbers drawn: 23, 33, 53, 56 and 58, plus the Mega Ball, 6. August 11 - PM #ILWinningNumbers pic.twitter.com/JudZOzMAGq — Illinois Lottery (@IllinoisLottery) August 12, 2017 According to lottery officials, […]

Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- White nationalists holding Tiki torches marched Friday night through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville ahead of Saturday's far-right "Unite the Right" rally.Chanting "white lives matter," "you will not replace us" and the Nazi-associated phrase "blood and soil," some of the white nationalists engaged with counterprotesters and scuffles broke out.Police arrived on campus, declared it an unlawful assembly and ordered the crowds to disperse.It is […]