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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus (33) defends against Washington Mystics guard Kristi Toliver (20) during the second half of Game 3 of the WNBA basketball semifinals in Washington. Toliver didn't really know former WNBA coach Anne Donovan, who died last month. Yet she liked what the Hall of Famer stood for and will be playing for one of Donovan's favorite charities when she competes in the 3-point shootout on Saturday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mystics down Wings, but ‘there are bigger things going on’ to Kristi Toliver

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

White nationalist Jason Kessler talks during a rally near the White House on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville &quot;Unite the Right&quot; rally, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Anti-fascists confront police in Washington

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Journalists photograph a type of smoke grenade placed by antifa-activists in the middle of 17th street during the &quot;Unite the Right 2&quot; rally in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018. (Craig Hudson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP) ** FILE **

The Latest: 1 arrest made in DC in Charlottesville protests

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Demonstrators march on the campus of the University of Virginia in anticipation of the anniversary of last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Vigil, marches mark anniversary of deadly far-right protest

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed during last year's Unite the Right rally, speaks with reporters at the spot where her daughter was killed in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The governor has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the anniversary of the rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Latest: UVA president apologizes to victims of campus march

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State Police escort local resident, John Miska, red hat, after he was arrested in the locked down downtown area in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. Miska purchased razor blades, which are banned items, in a downtown drugstore. On the the anniversary of white supremacist violence, state and local authorities framed the weekend's heightened security as a necessary precaution. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Latest: Student rally organizer critical of police response

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Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed during last year's Unite the Right rally, speaks with reporters at the spot where her daughter was killed in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The governor has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the anniversary of the rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Latest: Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Charlottesville

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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, a counter demonstrator uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist demonstrator at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. There has been no reset, no moment of national healing. One year after blaming “both sides” for violent clashes between white supremacists and counterprotesters, President Donald Trump stills flirts with racially tinged rhetoric _ and feels little blowback from Republican leaders or GOP voters when he does. Black leaders and Democrats argue Trump’s tone and actions on race have gotten even worse in the months since the clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Analysis: One year on, Trump still fuels racial divide

By JULIE PACE and STEVE PEOPLES and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a "No Trespassing" sign is displayed in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., at the park that was the focus of the "Unite the Right" rally. Pressure to take down America’s monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them didn’t start with Charlottesville. But the deadly violence that rocked the Virginia college town a year ago gave the issue an explosive momentum. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville gave momentum to Confederate monument foes

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed during last year's Unite the Right rally, speaks with reporters at the spot where her daughter was killed in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The governor has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the anniversary of the rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Activists rally against hate on Charlottesville anniversary

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, June 6, 2015 file photo, Holly Larkowski, left, and her mother, Sharon Edmondson, both members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, wear Civil War-era mourning dresses during the UDC's 149th annual Confederate Memorial Day Service at Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester, Va. As memorials have toppled and Confederate place names have vanished in the year since the Charlottesville riots, the Daughters have fought back with lawsuits aimed at stopping the removal of rebel monuments from public spaces. (Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star via AP)

Women’s group behind rebel memorials quietly battles on

By ALLEN G. BREED - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Efforts to take down Americas monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them gained explosive momentum following the deadly violence a year ago in Charlottesville. The vehicle plowed into a crowd protesting a gathering of white supremacists whose stated goal was to protect a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

‘Unite the Right’ rally: Fewer white supremacists, weapons laws to limit violence

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Efforts to take down America’s monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them gained explosive momentum following the deadly violence a year ago in Charlottesville. The vehicle plowed into a crowd protesting a gathering of white supremacists whose stated goal was to protect a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

Emergency declared ahead of Charlottesville anniversary

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a "No Trespassing" sign is displayed in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., at the park that was the focus of the "Unite the Right" rally. Pressure to take down America’s monuments honoring slain Confederate soldiers and the generals who led them didn’t start with Charlottesville. But the deadly violence that rocked the Virginia college town a year ago gave the issue an explosive momentum. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville gave momentum to Confederate monument foes

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Virginia state law has prevented the city of Charlottesville from taking down the bronze statue of Robert E. Lee atop his horse Traveler, despite race-tinged clashes that left one counterprotester dead nearly one year ago. (Associated Press)

Robert E. Lee statues still standing in defiance in U.S. Capitol, Charlottesville

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Marine tied to Charlottesville violence booted from service

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In a Monday, April 5, 2004, file photo, riders wait to board an arriving train at the D.C. Metro Center, in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) **FILE**

Metro weighing separate subway cars for ‘white civil rights’ rally participants, protesters

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Jason Kessler walks through a crowd of protesters in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Courthouse ahead of a decision regarding the covered Confederate statues, during a rally in Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgras/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

Jason Kessler, Charlottesville organizer, ends lawsuit brought against city over rally permit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Writer, executive producer and co-director Dinesh D'Souza arrives at the LA Premiere of "Death of a Nation" at the Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)

Dinesh D’Souza labels ‘Unite the Right’ participants ‘leftists’ as deadly rally nears anniversary

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

White Nationalist Jason Kessler arrives at Federal court 45 minutes late for a hearing on his rally permit in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Kessler, an organizer of last summer's deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia, has withdrawn his request for a court order allowing him to stage an event marking the rally's anniversary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Organizer of Virginia white nationalist rally loses a lawyer

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