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FOLDED

Trump Administration Ousts University of Virginia President

James Ryan stepped down in an effort to end a Justice Department civil rights probe into the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

Liam Archacki

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‘ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM’

UVA Board Member Apologizes for Crass Text Messages

Bert Ellis called one college official a “numnut” and others “schmucks.”

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PIVOT

Liz Cheney Lands a New Job

The ousted congresswoman’s new role will “contribute to finding lasting solutions that not only preserve but strengthen our democracy.”

Alec Karam

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‘SUNK TO THE FLOOR’

UVA Shooter Targeted Football Player as He Slept: Prosecutor

One witness told prosecutors that Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. wasn’t firing randomly.

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

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CAPTURED

UVA Suspect Waited for Players to Be on Campus: Victim’s Dad

After an extensive manhunt, police said Monday they had taken Christopher Darnell Jones, a former footballer suspected of killing three people on campus, into custody.

Justin Rohrlich

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‘PURELY PAYBACK’

Jan. 6 Investigator Fired From Job by GOP Attorney General

On leave from his position as UVA’s top lawyer, Timothy Heaphy was fired by the state’s recently elected attorney general.

AJ McDougall

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FAILED

Uni of Virginia Disenrolls 238 Students for Not Being Vaxxed

The students have a week to disclose their vaccination status in order to reenroll.

Corbin Bolies

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‘MARJORIE IS WRONG’

McCarthy Condemns Rep. Greene’s ‘Appalling’ Holocaust Tweets

“The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling,” the House GOP leader writes.

Jennifer Adams

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‘FULL OF LIFE’

Cops Now Say UVA Grad Slain by Police Was ‘Brandishing’ Gun

Police were first unsure whether Donovon Lynch, remembered as a “joy to be around” by a former coach and a “bright light” by his superstar cousin Pharrell Williams, was armed.

Justin Rohrlich

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NOT ENOUGH

Criminal Charges Dropped Against UVA Chinese Scientist

A federal prosecutor ruled that trade secrets found on Hu Haizhou’s computer were “in a shared space” that he was permitted to access.

Tori B. Powell

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THROW IT AWAY

UVA Redraws Logo in Reckoning With Campus’ Slavery Past

Two-month-old design is tossed after school acknowledges its subtle nod to walls that once hid enslaved people on Thomas Jefferson’s campus.

Brooke Leigh Howard

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