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Ex-student pleads guilty to fatally shooting 3 University of Virginia football players in 2022
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two...
Man charged with participating in march with flaming torch has pleaded guilty to lesser charge
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Another man charged with carrying a flaming torch with the intent to intimidate during a 2017 rally at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville has agreed to a plea deal. Dallas Jerome Nicholas Medina, 32, of Ravenna, Ohio, was originally...
US voters hear a stark message in the presidential race: The country's fate is on the line
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Few elections in the nation’s history have provided such a divide as this year's, with the two major candidates and so many of their supporters saying the outcome will determine the fate of the country and whether it can hold to its democratic moorings. ...
Trump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about "Charlottestown.” The former president was talking about...
Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Some Brazilian users regained access to X on Wednesday despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country's Supreme Court, a reunion apparently resulting from the social network changing the way its servers are accessed. But the renewed access may be...
Late-blooming American standout Lauren Coughlin prepares for Solheim Cup debut at age 31
GAINESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Lauren Coughlin has discovered the more she talks about her golf — good or bad — the better she plays. The newest and perhaps unlikeliest standout in American women's golf, Coughlin is known as much for her candor as her ball-striking. She makes her...
