State of emergency declared after clashes at Virginia white nationalist rally

Chris Hurst, the boyfriend of a TV reporter who was shot dead on camera in 2015, has won a seat in Virginia's statehouse.

Police took a moment to rest in the shade at a rally in Charlottesville on Sunday (August 12), which marked the anniversary of last year's white nationalist gathering, before stepping in to arrest a man at the rally.

Donald Trump’s economic policies called Trumponomics are praised by many as a prerequisite for America’s clout. But for many Americans, the booming economy has not resulted in tangible improvements fast enough.

Governor Ralph Northam has walked back an admission that he appeared in a racist costume in the 1980s. Top figures in his Democratic party have called on him to step down.

Several people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a government complex in the city of Virginia Beach. Virginia state police said the gunman was also killed.

The nationalist governments of Hungary, Poland and other EU members have lost a kindred spirit with Donald Trump's defeat. Will they have to rethink their strategy? Will that make politics easier for the rest of the EU?

Lawmakers in Virginia have voted to abolish the death penalty. The move marks the end of a long history of capital punishment in the state. Virginia currently has the highest number of executions in the United States. We take a closer look with FRANCE 24's Valérie Dekimpe.

Virginia has banned capital punishment, joining 22 other US states. Governor Ralph Northam highlighted racial bias prevalent in the use of the death penalty.

In a major setback for US President Joe Biden's Democratic Party, Glenn Youngkin is poised to become the first Republican to win statewide office in Virginia since 2009.

A federal jury has found the white supremacists behind the violent rally in Charlottesville in 2017, which left one person dead, liable for damages.

It was a tragic day that became a symbol of the rise of the far right in the US during the presidency of Donald Trump. On August 12, 2017, during a rally by White supremacists in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, a young neo-Nazi sympathiser rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. One young woman was killed and dozens of other people were injured. Five years on, FRANCE 24's reporters Fanny Allard and Matthieu Mabin returned to Charlottesville to meet residents.

Newport News police say the shooting was "not accidental" and are trying to determine how the child accessed the weapon. The boy has been taken into custody as police continue to investigate.