(Audio) UVA law professor Douglas Laycock discusses Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who has been suspended from his role and is being investigated by a judicial oversight panel, which is weighing an ethics complaint against Moore.

Researchers at the University of Virginia reported that widespread adoption of GMO crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant, leading to "serious environmental damage."

UVA political scientist Larry Sabato revealed the enormity of Trump's task in an August tweet – "Trump polls 1-2 percent among blacks. In '64 Goldwater got 6 percent after voting no on the Civil Rights Act. In '68 segregationist George Wallace won 3 percent." Rated as a genuine appeal for black votes, Trump is making a hash of it – some polls actually measure his support among blacks at zero.

By overriding President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill clearing the way for lawsuits against the Saudi government in connection with the 2001 attacks, lawmakers this week potentially put the key U.S. ally on the hook for tens of billions of dollars in liability. “I am concerned that this will do very little for the victims,” said Paul Stephan, a UVA international law professor.

Virginia Beach Congressman Bobby Scott is stepping up his fundraising efforts and forming a new political action committee. It’s the clearest sign yet that he’s angling for the Senate seat that might be vacated by Tim Kaine if he becomes vice president.  Scott is going to need that money, says Geoff Skelley at UVA’s Center for Politics. “To some degree, he’s playing catchup a little bit if he’s going to be appointed because if he’s appointed to that seat, he’s got to run in a special election in 2017," Skelley said.

They're the best of the best. U.S. Olympians and Paralympians did our country proud during the 2016 Rio Games. Now, they’re getting big props from the commander-in-chief. “This year’s summer Olympians gave us enough milestones and moments to last the next four years," said President Obama at a ceremony at the White House Thursday. Gold medal swimmer Leah Smith – a student at the University of Virginia -- has never been to the White House. “When I meet a celebrity, it’s just crazy to me because I realize they’re a real person.

Although the competition between Democrat Jane Dittmar and state Sen. Tom Garrett Jr., R-Buckingham, has flared up recently with accusations of dishonesty, the candidates were relatively restrained at Wednesday’s debate at the University of Virginia. Hosted by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Dittmar and Garrett answered questions prepared by three Batten professors.

UVA media studies professor Jack Hamilton describes how rock ’n’ roll went from an art form pioneered by black musicians and rooted in rhythm and blues to being overly simplified as "rock," a genre symbolized by a white man with a guitar.

The medicines needed to treat opioid addiction require complex in-person procedures and regular follow-up, limiting what can be done via telemedicine, noted Richard Merkel, a UVA associate professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral science. The university, as part of the USDA initiative, will be providing remote mental health and addiction treatment to 11 rural community health centers. Both the prescribing and monitoring of those medications have "to be done face to face, by a physician who has been licensed [by the Drug Enforcement Administration].”