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Kenyatta declared winner of disputed Kenya presidential vote

By Christopher Torchia and Tom Odula, The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner Friday of Kenya’s hard-fought presidential election, but opposition...

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Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and...

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Trump breaks silence on Charlottesville: “No place for this kind of violence...

President Donald Trump broke his silence Saturday afternoon amid violent confrontations between white nationalist groups and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, tweeting that there was “no place for...

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Trump blames “many sides” for violent clashes in Virginia

BEDMINISTER, N.J. — President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed “many sides” for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the “hatred and bigotry”...

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PHOTOS: Car drives into a group of counter protesters at a white nationalist...

WARNING: this gallery contains images some viewers may find disturbing. A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday,...

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Police criticized for slow response to violent demonstrations in Charlottesville

By Peter Hermann, Joe Heim and Ellie Silverman, The Washington Post CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Police in Charlottesville, Virginia, came under criticism for failing to keep apart warring white nationalists...

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Charlottesville protest takes a deadly turn

By Joe Heim, Ellie Silverman, T. Rees Shapiro and Emma Brown, The Washington Post CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and...

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PHOTOS: Denver protest offers peaceful response to violent white supremacist...

Thousands of people gather in Denver, Colorado at the Martin Luther King Jr. Monument in City Park on Sunday, August 13, 2017 in response to the violent clash between white supremacists and...

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Denver responds to violence in Charlottesville with peaceful gathering in...

With about a day’s notice, approximately 1,000 protesters gathered at the MLK statue in Denver’s City Park on Sunday afternoon. They came with signs, matching shirts and exasperation that had risen...

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Charlottesville victim: “She was there standing up for what was right”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Heather Heyer was killed Saturday as she pushed back against hatred. She left behind a dog – and an approach to the world that those who love her say needs nurturing now that...

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Furor over Charlottesville follows Trump home to Manhattan

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is back in the New York skyscraper that bears his name as the furor over his reaction to race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend shows few...

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Colorado Springs won’t support gathering by group with ties to...

The City of Colorado Springs won’t support, in any way, a three-day convention at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort planned by the white nationalist group VDARE. One of the group’s contributing writers,...

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What is the “alt-left,” which Trump blamed for some of the violence in...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that there was plenty of blame shared for recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one person dead and 19 injured. He also used a term that some...

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Backlash over GOP bills to shield drivers who hit protesters

Republican lawmakers in six states have pushed this year for legal protections for motorists who hit protesters blocking traffic. Fairly or not, they’re facing an intense backlash now that violent...

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Woman charged with felonies in toppling of Confederate statue in North...

By Janell Ross and Alex Horton, The Washington Post Durham County, North Carolina, officials said Tuesday they arrested a woman in connection with the vandalism and toppling of a Confederate statue in...

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Von Miller: “Sorry momma, I’m not going to complain to the refs”; plus...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Sorry, Momma Miller. Von cannot complain. Opposing offenses will chip him. Offensive linemen will even hold him as they grasp for any way to slow him. Because rarely can they stop...

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Analysis: The U.S. Capitol has at least three times as many statues of...

Confederate monuments have once again become focal points for protests and unrest following a violent white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia. Most of the controversy has centered...

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John Elway talks national anthem protests, Brandon Marshall’s work last season

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A day after 49ers general manager John Lynch expressed his thoughts on player protests during the playing of the national anthem, Broncos general manager John Elway was asked for...

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Charges dropped against weed activist who gave out joints in front of Capitol

WASHINGTON – On April 20, an unofficial holiday for marijuana users, Capitol Police arrested eight protesters for handing out marijuana joints on land near the U.S. Capitol under local jurisdiction....

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A history of racism, the KKK and crimes against American Indians: Colorado’s...

Spurred by the violence in Charlottesville, Va., the nation is once again in the middle of a heated disagreement over our past — or, more accurately, how the nation should remember its past....

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