A new group is coming together to talk about community safety in light of the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. It hopes a united front can make the area surrounding UVA more secure. ...The group will be evaluating high-traffic areas, any possible hot spots and where surveillance cameras are placed. There are already 600 surveillance cameras at UVA that are monitored 24/7.
Police are filling in vital gaps of information about where Jesse Matthew was the weekend of Hannah Graham's disappearance. At the same time, search teams continue to comb through areas in Albemarle County farther from Charlottesville.... Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo believes law enforcement is narrowing that time gap.
GALVESTON, Texas - ...It is still not known why Jesse Matthew, the suspect in the disappearance of a missing 18-year-old University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, came to the Texas Gulf Coast.The blue sedan that reportedly belongs to his sister is still sitting at a wrecker down the street from the Galveston County Sheriff's Office.Inside is a glimpse of the life of a man on the run: an ashtray filled with cigarette butts, a business card for a Charlottesville, Virginia detective thrown in the backseat, and an envelope with the words "tools to release God's power" written...
As searchers continue scouring Albemarle County for missing University of Virginia sophomore Hannah Elizabeth Graham, one group is planning to visit Virginia to remind everyone of what Morgan Harrington’s mother, Gil, describes as a “cluster phenomenon” of disappearances in central Virginia.The Community United Effort’s Center for Missing Persons will visit Virginia with its 11th annual “On the Road to Remember” tour, raising awareness for the missing persons and unsolved homicide cases that devastate families and communities around the country.
... Fifty-five people were on the ground in the search Tuesday, and officials say those numbers will increase to 75 personnel tomorrow to clear particular areas.
Nearly five years after David Bass found the remains of a murdered Virginia Tech student on his farm, the 75-year-old looks out at his 700-acre property and wonders if the body of another missing woman lies somewhere out there, in a shallow grave, hidden within dense woods or left in some remote ravine.
The prime suspect in a UVA student’s abduction has been linked to a host of prior crimes, from rape to grand larceny. Why his case argues for wider DNA testing.
A Virginia Tech unmanned aerial system, or drone, was recently used by Albermarle County in the ongoing search for missing University of Virginia student ...
Although there are numerous statewide political contests at stake in Virginia, there aren’t many truly competitive races this season, said Geoff Skelley, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
The University of Virginia's political analyst Larry Sabato, in his latest his "crystal ball" report, highlighted the trouble faced by Democrats and a trend that seemed to be favoring Republicans. "Right now, Democrats are behind the eight ball," Sabato and co-author Kyle Kondik of the Center for Politics wrote in a handicap from Oct. 2.
During the past few years, a plethora of headlines have proclaimed one “record fine” after another against the major banks at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis. After each settlement, Attorney General Eric Holder took a victory lap to show that, in America at least, no corporate misdeed would go unpunished. … In Too Big to Jail, University of Virginia law professor Brandon L. Garrett explores this question with the sharp mind and attention to detail that exemplify his profession’s most positive attributes.
The Supreme Court’s new term begins with the same issue it wrestled with at the end of its last term: When must the government exempt religious believers from following laws that interfere with their religious practice?... Now Holt is being represented by University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock, one of the nation’s leading church-and-state scholars.
What do a craft store, a Muslim inmate in Arkansas and two Newark police officers have in common? Answer: A Supreme Court justice and a small, relatively unknown but highly influential law firm that has already prompted seismic changes in the country’s cultural and legal landscape. … Douglas Laycock, a professor of law at the University of Virginia, also stepped in to represent Holt after Justice Alito scooped up Holt’s handwritten plea out of the thousands of petitions last fall from the federal appeals court that hears cases out of Arkansas.
After three blockbuster terms in a row, the 2014-15 U.S. Supreme Court term will open with a relatively low-key docket, but could turn historic if the court takes one or more of seven same-sex marriage cases. … University of Virginia religious-rights scholar Douglas Laycock will argue for Holt, whose petition to the court was handwritten.
The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new term Monday, but so far the justices are keeping quiet about whether or when they will tackle the gay marriage question. … But whatever rule the justices come up with, observes University of Virginia Law Professor Leslie Kendrick, it will likely apply not just to Facebook and Twitter, but to all forms of communication—including people speaking face-to-face or publishing in the newspaper.
“Yes, you’ve seen pre-emptive finger pointing in the last couple of weeks,” said Gerald Warburg, a former Senate Democratic leadership aide and assistant dean at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy."I used to work in the Democratic Caucus and some of the toughest shootouts we ever engaged in were when we stood in a circle and fired at each other. I think you see a little bit of that now," he said.... “The strategy that both Reid and [Speaker John] Boehner [R-Ohio] have adopted, of running out the legislative c...
Modi understands that global capital is critical to remaking the Indian economy, especially in developing its infrastructure and transportation network. He has his sights on export-oriented manufacturing FDI, says political scientist Sonal Pandya of the University of Virginia, that creates skilled jobs and introduces advanced technologies without intensifying local competition, given the sharp political division in India over FDI in sectors like multi-brand retail.
It can be hard to tell how effective Springfield-area lawmakers are in Washington, especially at a time when Congress is deadlocked and hyper-partisan. Few bills — no matter how savvy the sponsor — have made it to the president's desk to be signed into law.But even in a "polarized and unproductive" Congress, lawmakers are still tackling some substantive issues, said Craig Volden, professor of public policy and politics at the University of Virginia."(The) most effective members find ways to reach across the aisle and find bipartisan support" for their propos...
“It appears now that the ethics commission in Virginia consists of the U.S. attorney for the Western District and the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District,” said Bob Gibson, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia, referring to the offices behind the Puckett and McDonnell investigations, respectively. “And that’s really sad.”
According to a CBS News report, occurrences of tick-caused meat allergies are growing more common as Lone Star tick populations continue to expand. Dr. Scott Commins, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, told CBS News that he sees "two to three new cases every week.”