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This undated image provided by University of Virginia Athletics shows NCAA college football player Lavel Davis Jr., one of Virginia three football players killed in a shooting, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Charlottesville, Va., while returning from a class trip to see a play. (University of Virginia Athletics via AP)

Coach: Slain Virginia football players ‘were all good kids’

by Hank Kurz Jr.. Associated Press, and Ben Finley Associated PressNovember 14, 2022November 14, 2022

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting were remembered Monday by their head coach as “all good kids.”Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were juniors returning to campus from…

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Willie Mays, right, looks on as President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film "Hidden Figures," about pioneering black female aerospace workers, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

by Ben Finley Associated PressFebruary 24, 2020

Beaufort Police Officer Curtis Resor, left, and Sgt. Micheal Stepehens check a sailboat for occupants in Beaufort, N.C. after Hurricane Dorian passed the North Carolina coast on Friday.

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Dorian’s floodwaters trap people in attics

by Jeffrey Collins Associated Press, and Ben Finley Associated PressSeptember 6, 2019

In this Thursday, April 25, 2019 photo, an endangered shortnose sturgeon is fitted with a microchip after being caught in a net from the Saco River in Biddeford, Maine. The fish was measured and tagged before being released by students at the University of New England. The shortnose sturgeon is showing signs of bouncing back. In Maine, scientists have captured about 75 this decade on the Saco River, where they were previously never seen. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Sturgeon, America’s forgotten dinosaurs, show signs of life

by Ben Finley Associated Press, and Patrick Whittle And John Flesher Associated PressJuly 11, 2019

Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney, right, looks on as Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosa Atkins, left, speaks during a press conference at the Charlottesville Police Department, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Charlottesville, Va. A 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with making online threats of "ethnic cleansing" against black and Hispanic students at the public high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city that was the site of a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP)

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Teen charged with making racist threats in Charlottesville

by Ben Finley Associated PressMarch 22, 2019

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, presides over the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. The clamor for the resignation of Virginia's top two politicians eased on Monday, with some black community leaders forgiving Gov. Ralph Northam over the blackface furor and calling for a fair hearing for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on the sexual assault allegations against him. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Call for ouster of top Democrats slows in Virginia

by Alan Suderman Associated Press, and Ben Finley Associated PressFebruary 11, 2019

Beachgoers walk away from big waves and rough surf caused by Hermine, Sunday, in Bradley Beach, N.J. Tropical storm watches were in effect from Virginia to Massachusetts.

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Hermine spins away from East Coast

by Ben Finley Associated PressSeptember 4, 2016