HEATHER HEYER

Many were wearing logos from the Patriot Front, a white supremacist group that rebranded after one of its members plowed his car into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville in August 2017, killing anti-racism protester Heather Heyer.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have traveled to Buffalo, New York, to show solidarity with the community after a white supremacist targeted Black people at a supermarket and left 10 people dead.

Plaintiffs are seeking damages for physical and emotional injuries suffered as a result of the violent 2017 Charlottesville rally organized by white supremacists.

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 defendants cited freedom of speech.

A coalition of civil rights groups releasing a report on hate crime laws says the protections against bias-motivated violence are inconsistent and lack uniformity nationally.

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.

A federal judge has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in Virginia. Bill Burke, of Athens, Ohio, says he was struck by a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr. — in a crash that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer — during the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

But by the final, frenetic sprint of the 2020 race, the world had long peered into the country's darkest corners and seen a battered and haunted image staring back. The presidency and control of the Senate are in the balance, but for many, there was something even more urgent. “Tuesday is our big deal as a country!” Trump said on Sunday, as he braved flurries and a stiff wind chill in Michigan. In Texas, Trump supporters in cars and trucks swarmed around a Biden campaign bus at high speed on a highway. ___Associated Press writers Alex Jaffe traveling with Biden, Zeke Miller with Trump, and Kathleen Ronayne with Harris contributed to this report.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Wednesday marks three years since the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. 10 News sat down with Heather Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, who says despite the hardships of 2020, there's been healing. Three years ago, Heather Heyer stepped into the streets of Charlottesville to march for black lives. As America has worked this year to make strides in racial reconciliation, for Bro, the effort began in 2019. For Bro, this work has thrust her into the public spotlight and just this year she's starting to heal from Heather's death.

ROANOKE, Va. The Robert E. Lee Memorial in downtown Roanoke has been knocked over. This comes after the Roanoke City Council started the process to possibly remove the monument from Lee Plaza across from city hall by setting up a public hearing on Aug. 17. In 2017, the monument was spraypainted with the words Rest in Power Heather Heyer.The Robert E. Lee monument has been in Lee Plaza for just shy of 60 years. A 10 News crew discovered the knocked over monument Thursday morning after a tip from a viewer. We have reached out to Roanoke City Police and are awaiting a response.

FILE PHOTO: Virgnia Governor Ralph Northam attends a rally held by gun control activists and the families of shooting victims outside the Virginia State Capitol Building in Richmond, VA, U.S. July 9, 2019. REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy/File Photo(Reuters) - Virginia Governor Ralph Northam on Wednesday plans to declare a temporary emergency banning all guns and weapons from the area around the Capitol in Richmond ahead of a major gun rights demonstration set for Monday, the Associated Press reported. The governors office did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for confirmation. Last week Virginia lawmakers approved a new gun policy prohibiting firearms inside the Capitol and a nearby office building, but did not extend the ban to Capitol Square, the public space outside that includes monuments to prominent Virginians and the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial. One posting included a photo of an AR-15 and said there were great sight angles from certain buildings near Capitol Square, the official said.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia. If you would like to give your input, the meeting runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Bonner Middle School. The trial is expected to begin today for the father of a missing Roanoke infant. Her father, Andrew Terry, says Arienna's mother gave the baby to him, while she was clinging to life. Drive Smart Virginia holds its annual Distracted Driving Summit in Roanoke starting today.

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.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A grieving mother is speaking out about hate crimes. Many are questioning the classification of hate crimes in the United States, including Susan Bro, Heyer's mother. She wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times with another mother whose child, Khalid Jabara, was also killed in a hate crime. They say that both of their children's murders were not reported as hate crimes in official government statistics. There's a bill in the Senate named for Heyer and Jabara that would force states to report hate crimes.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Charlottesville commemorated a tragic anniversary during the weekend. It has been two years since the Unite The Right white supremacist rally took over the city and ultimately ended with counterprotester Heather Heyer dying when a white supremacist ran her down with his car. The street where Heyer died was blocked off to traffic and became a memorial to her with messages written in chalk. In response to the tragedy, Charlottesville community leaders organized Unity Days, a series of events through the weekend highlighting the good in Charlottesville. Sunday's event showcasing different community groups took place in Market Street Park, which contains the Robert E. Lee statue that initially attracted the white supremacist rally to Charlottesville.

(CNN) - The man who plowed his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville two years ago, leaving a woman dead, was sentenced to life in prison by a Virginia state judge Monday. A federal judge also gave James Alex Fields Jr., 22, a life sentence in June. Fields pleaded guilty in March to 29 federal hate crimes as part of an agreement that eliminated the death penalty as possible punishment. Before his federal sentencing in June, Fields told the judge he wanted to apologize. "We're not the ones who need to be careful," Fields responded, attaching a photo of Hitler, according to the indictment.

The man convicted of ramming his car into a crowd of protesters killing Heather Heyer and injuring about 30 other people has been sentenced to life in prison.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - A federal judge imposed a life sentence on the self-described neo-Nazi who killed Heather Heyer by crashing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a white supremacist rally, saying release would be too great a risk.The 22-year-old neo-Nazi, James Fields of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He had sought a lesser sentence, apologizing after the court viewed video of him plowing his car into a crowd after the Aug. 12, 2017, Unite the Right rally, also injuring 30 people. Subsequent alt-right gatherings failed to draw crowds the size of the Charlottesville rally. The FBIs most recent report on hate crimes, released in November, showed a 17% rise in 2017. He was photographed hours before the attack carrying a shield with the emblem of a far-right hate group.

REUTERS/Brian SnyderThe 22-year-old neo-Nazi, James Fields of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. He had sought a lesser sentence, apologizing after the court viewed video of him plowing his car into a crowd after the Aug. 12, 2017, Unite the Right rally, also injuring 19 people. Subsequent alt-right gatherings failed to draw crowds the size of the Charlottesville rally. Ahead of Fridays sentencing hearing, prosecutors noted that Fields had long espoused violent beliefs. He was photographed hours before the attack carrying a shield with the emblem of a far-right hate group.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - A self-described neo-Nazi wearing prison stripes and the mother of the protestor he killed at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, watched a video at his sentencing hearing on Friday showing his car ramming into the crowd. Two people hug at the site where Heather Heyer was killed on the one-year anniversary of the 2017 white-nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2018. Subsequent alt-right gatherings failed to draw crowds the size of the Charlottesville rally. Fields was photographed hours before the attack carrying a shield with the emblem of a far-right hate group. Fields already faces life in prison at his state court sentencing next month after being found guilty by a jury of murdering Heyer and wounding others.

(Reuters) - The self-described neo-Nazi convicted of killing Heather Heyer by ramming his car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 will learn on Friday whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Two people hug at the site where Heather Heyer was killed on the one-year anniversary of the 2017 white-nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2018. An anti-white liberal, Fields said, according to court papers filed by prosecutors. Fields, a resident of Maumee, Ohio, was photographed hours before the attack carrying a shield with the emblem of a far-right hate group. They asked a judge only to sentence him to less than life in prison, without specifying a number, seeking mercy citing his relative youth and history of mental health diagnoses.

An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges. Fields admitted deliberately driving his car into counterprotesters who showed up to demonstrate against the white nationalists. "I would like to see him change in time from a white supremacist to someone who helps bring others away from white supremacy." According to the testimony, Fields appeared happy when touring the Dachau camp and remarked, "This is where the magic happened." They said he's an avowed white supremacist, admired Adolf Hitler and even kept a picture of the Nazi leader on his bedside table.

An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charges. Fields admitted deliberately driving his car into counterprotesters who showed up to demonstrate against the white nationalists. "I would like to see him change in time from a white supremacist to someone who helps bring others away from white supremacy." According to the testimony, Fields appeared happy when touring the Dachau camp and remarked, "This is where the magic happened." They said he's an avowed white supremacist, admired Adolf Hitler and even kept a picture of the Nazi leader on his bedside table.

Mourners gathered at vigil in Charlottesville, Virginia, following weekend of violence​ that left one woman dead and dozens more hurt