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The UVA shooting suspect is in custody after 3 football players were killed

1:45pm November 14, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Three football players were killed on a bus late Sunday after returning to the University of Virginia from a field trip. Police arrested the suspected gunman after a 12-hour manhunt.

Health & Safety

As University Hospital Hounds Debtors, Doctors Say It's Doing Harm

12:10pm December 01, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The University of Virginia Health System has sued more than 36,000 patients for unpaid medical bills. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks Dr. Michael Williams, who is fighting the practice.

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Virginia's Kyle Guy celebrates after helping his team defeat Texas Tech in the NCAA championship tournament. The title game finished in overtime – a first since the University of Kansas beat the University of Memphis in 2008.

Sports

'This Is A Great Story', Says Virginia Cavaliers' Coach On Team's NCAA Comeback

8:25am April 09, 2019

by Cat Schuknecht

Monday night in Minneapolis, the University of Virginia won its first-ever NCAA championship in a dramatic 85-77 overtime defeat of Texas Tech University.

A photo on the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity yearbook page from 1972 shows someone wearing blackface for a costume.

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U.Va. Students Investigate Their Yearbook's Racist History — Starting With Its Title

10:55pm February 10, 2019

In poring through past yearbooks, the student journalists are reckoning with the racist history of both their state and their campus. A historian says the yearbook's title itself refers to blackface.

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Three University of Virginia graduates have won the right to sue Rolling Stone magazine for defamation over a now-retracted article alleging that members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity perpetrated a horrific gang rape.

Fraternity Members' Defamation Case Against 'Rolling Stone' Can Proceed, Court Says

2:46pm September 19, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A U.S. appeals court says three members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity have a plausible case that they were implicated in a now-retracted story about an alleged gang rape at U.Va.

President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, listens to a question during a meeting with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Oval Office on Monday. Tillerson, when asked Sunday whether Trump's respo

Are Trump's Foreign Policy Stumbles First-Year Growing Pains Or A Reason For Worry?

5:21pm August 30, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

University of Virginia historians say tumult isn't unexpected in the first year of a new administration. But there are questions about whether the Trump administration is prepared to handle crises.

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People receive first aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday. The car struck the silver vehicle pictured, sending marchers into the air.

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3 Dead After Violence Linked To White Nationalist Rally In Virginia

10:19pm August 12, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

One woman died when a car plowed into marchers, and Virginia State Police said two people were killed when a helicopter crashed near Charlottesville. Dozens were injured in the day's violence.

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University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo leaves federal court after closing arguments in her defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine in Charlottesville, Va., on Nov. 1, 2016.

'Rolling Stone' Settles Defamation Case With Former U.Va. Associate Dean

4:32am April 12, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Lawyers for the magazine have reached a confidential settlement with Nicole Eramo over a story about an alleged gang rape on the campus of the University of Virginia, according to The Washington Post.

Jurors Award $3 Million In Damages In Defamation Suit Against Rolling Stone

9:28pm November 07, 2016

by Barbara Campbell

Last week, the jury found that a story about an alleged gang rape on campus defamed an administrator of the University of Virginia. When claims in the piece were challenged, the magazine retracted it.

Jury Finds 'Rolling Stone,' Reporter Liable For Damages Over Rape Allegation Story

8:55pm November 04, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A former associate dean at the University of Virginia sued over her portrayal in a 2014 Rolling Stone article about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity party. The article was retracted.