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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, speaks alongside Jerry Falwell, Jr., president of Liberty University, during a campaign event at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.

‘Liberty is not Trump U.’: Students protest Donald Trump

August 21, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

Students at Liberty University have issued a statement against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as young conservatives at colleges across the state reconsider support for his campaign. A statement issued...

Virginia Tech student Natalie Keepers, who was arrested in connection with the death of Nicole Lovell.

Slain Virginia teen told friends she planned to run away with alleged killer

May 17, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

The 13-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia, girl who was abducted and killed last month told friends that the Virginia Tech student accused in her slaying was her boyfriend and talked of running...

Police dog found University of Virginia student’s scent in alleged attacker’s car, at apartment

June 21, 2019 at 10:58 a.m.

A former police bloodhound handler testified on Monday that a dog found traces of scent from University of Virginia student Hannah Graham at the apartment and in the car belonging...

Students walk through an outdoor corridor on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on the day Rolling Stone magazine issued an apology for its article regarding the alleged gang rape of a student by members of a fraternity.

‘Catfishing’ a love interest may have sparked U.Va. gang rape debacle

May 17, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Ryan Duffin was a freshman at the University of Virginia when he met a student named Jackie. Both teenagers were new to campus in September 2012, and the pair quickly...

Students walk past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house on the University of Virginia campus Dec. 6, 2014, in Charlottesville.

Police: No evidence of gang rape at University of Virginia

August 21, 2019 at 5:31 p.m.

There is no evidence to support claims in a Rolling Stone article that a University of Virginia student was gang-raped at a campus fraternity in September 2012, police said, noting...

June trial date set for man accused of killing Virginia student Hannah Graham

June 20, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The Charlottesville-area man accused of killing University of Virginia sophomore Hannah Graham is scheduled to stand trial on first-degree murder and other charges June 29. An Albemarle County judge set...

How a $2,000 Doritos Super Bowl ad became a million-dollar sensation

May 13, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

A frequent flier, Scott Zabielski faces a common dilemma. He's 6 feet 3 inches tall, which means that squeezing his lanky frame into economy airline seats, crammed against other passengers,...

After Rolling Stone apology, U.Va. leaders want to keep focus on stopping sexual violence

June 24, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Many people in the University of Virginia community remain outraged about the Rolling Stone account of a gang rape at a campus fraternity house that unraveled into a journalistic debacle...

Rolling Stone backtracks on U.Va. fraternity rape article as key elements doubted

May 17, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

A University of Virginia student's harrowing description of a gang rape at a fraternity, detailed in a recent Rolling Stone article, began to unravel Friday as interviews revealed doubts about...

For Graham’s family, ‘nightmare’ leaves enduring uncertainty and loss

June 18, 2018 at 6:35 a.m.

Hannah Graham was a senior at West Potomac High School (Virginia) when she made a trip to Charlottesville, Virginia, to visit the University of Virginia. A straight-A student, Graham had...

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