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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car with a Lucas County license plate plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town , killing one person, hurting at least two dozen more and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation . Multiple media outlets are reporting the car is registered to 20-year-old James Alex Fields of Maumee, based on vehicle registration records . Albemarle- Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer told The Post that a man with the same name and age was booked Saturday on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run. Mr. Fields is being held without bail, and is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Charlottesville General District Court , Mr. Kumer told the Washington Post. ...

This month, a man was arrested in Oklahoma City for trying to detonate 1,000 pounds of explosives in a cargo van parked downtown . The attack, he hoped, would cripple the government and start a revolution. Last October, three men were arrested in Kansas for plotting to bomb an apartment complex and a mosque using four cars laden with explosives. In these febrile days, where terrorists have sought to wreak fear and chaos from Orlando to Paris, and now Barcelona, you’d expect wall-to-wall coverage on cable news about these foiled plots. Terrorism experts would be wheeled out to opine for hours on all angles, from the explosives used to the profile of the would-be attackers to how and why they were radicalized. Instead, the two incidents got barely any coverage — some brief news spots here and there and a few mentions online. Ask any Arab-American or Muslim in America why those incidents weren’t covered ad nauseam and they’ ll reply deadpan : because the would-be attackers were white. So...

KNOXVILLE - Nearly two weeks after the death of a counter protester  at a  white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., activists in Tennessee are gearing up to protest and counterprotest the possible removal of a Fort Sanders monument . Rallies that are being billed by some as right wing or white supremacist are being planned for Knoxville, as well as in other locations like San Francisco and Berkeley, California. Confederate Monument Protest The City of Knoxville's communications and government relations director said the event is locally organized and that there are no indications yet that white supremacist groups from outside Knoxville will attend Saturday's rally. However, the Facebook event listing shows members of the newly reformed local white nationalist group Confederate 28 along with other members of local affiliate groups plan to protest Saturday . The majority of protesters unaffiliated with these groups have said they plan on protesting the removal on ...

Published: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:22 AM Updated: Monday, August 28, 2017 @ 10:50 AM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 10:50 a.m. (Aug. 28):  Ohio Task Force 1 will head to the southern part of Houston to perform boat rescues , after the Houston area received over 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey .  LATEST: Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas coast MORE: Photos: Hurricane Harvey causes widespread damage The task force has been given a window until around noon Central Time before water will be released from a levy or dam.  News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright remains with Ohio Task Force 1 in Texas, and we’ll continue to update this page as we learn more.  UPDATE @ 6:20 p.m. (Aug. 27) Ohio Task Force 1 is in Katy, outside Houston, ready to operate water rescue missions . The Houston area has been deluged by ‘unprecedented flooding” from torrential rains from Tropical Storm Harvey . Rainfall totals are approaching 20 inches, recorded at the Houston Intercontinental Airpor...