James Alex Fields Jr., who plowed car into crowd protesting white nationalist rally, cites traumatic childhood and mental illness in letter asking that he not be locked up for life

Coming exactly six months after Pittsburgh carnage, Poway synagogue attack raises questions about a nationwide rise in anti-Semitism and in hate crimes generally

Remarks come after Biden makes president's 'very fine people on both sides' defense of white supremacists the center of his campaign launch

Newly announced Democratic candidate for 2020 election says president's comments made him realize 'the threat to this nation was unlike any I had seen in this lifetime'