Orlando mass shooting is LGBT community's "biggest fear"
Sunday's massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, grimly changed the equation, stirring communal fears and swiftly prompting tighter security at gay pride events
Hate Crime
Interracial couple possible target of hate graffiti
Police in New York are investigating a possible hate crime after the incident, in which the n-word was spray painted on a car
Hate crime report disputed in black teen's death
Police are disputing a report that a black teen with asthma was chased by a mostly white group that shouted racial slurs before he collapsed and died
Teen's death probed after reports of chase, slurs
The New York Daily News reports the black teen who suffered from asthma was being chased by a mostly white group shouting racial slurs
Louisiana poised to expand hate-crimes laws to protect police
If signed by governor, law would allow prosecutors to seek greater penalties against anyone convicted of intentionally targeting first responders
Police: Student lied about being victim of hate crime
Marcus Owens told police that he was attacked April 30 by three white men who hurled racial slurs as they damaged his eye socket and knocked out his front teeth
Trump-inspired brothers plead guilty to beating homeless immigrant
The brothers admitted to urinating on the man as he slept outside of a Dorchester commuter transit stop in August 2015
Boy, 11, faces hate crime charge in NYC bus fire
Surveillance video shows a group of boys appearing to rush onto the bus, and light cardboard on fire
Black student's assault investigated as hate crime
Marcus Owens told police he was attacked in an alley by three men who called him racial slurs
Will Trump's Long Island appearance open old wounds?
Front-runner to speak at GOP fundraiser just blocks from scene of 2008 hate-crime stabbing of Latino immigrant
Cops: Motive in gay son's killing was murder cover-up
Prosecutors initially alleged a Los Angeles father killed his adult son because he was gay; police now say the primary motive was to cover up his wife's stabbing
LA man charged with killing son for being gay
69-year-old accused of fatally shooting son; he claims self-defense after discovering wife stabbed to death inside home
Jury convicts man of hate crime in beating at bar
Surveillance video from the Iowa bar shows Larry J. Metcalf kicking and stomping the victim Lamarr Sandridge
Hate crime probe after gay men attacked in bed
Martin Blackwell is accused of pouring boiled water on two gay men, one of whom was hospitalized for 10 days and had to undergo surgery
Police: Indiana triple murder not a hate crime
Police in Fort Wayne, Ind., say they have been unable to determine a motive for the execution-style killings of three men on Feb. 24, but have ruled out hate
FBI investigating Ind. hatchet attack as hate crime
Yue Zhang, 18, was struck with a hatchet Friday afternoon in downtown Nashville, about 20 miles east of Bloomington, as she was taking photos for a class project
NYPD seeks teen suspects in brutal anti-Muslim attack
Newly released video shows two teens running away after Mujibur Rahman says they attacked him on the street, screaming 'ISIS, ISIS'
Molotov cocktail attack at California mosque
Officials say the device went off at the Tracy Islamic Center Friday night or early Saturday and caused about $1,000 of damage
Hate-crime conviction in New York transgender attack
In 2014 attack in Brooklyn, a man threw a piece of plexiglass at the victim, causing a brain injury that required surgery
Chief's daughter guilty of assault in gay couple attack
The daughter of a suburban Philadelphia police chief was cleared of some charges in 2014 street assault that led to expansion of city's hate crime law
Man pleads not guilty to setting fire at Calif. mosque
23-year-old Carl Dial of Palm Desert faces more than 11 years in prison if convicted of arson, burglary and committing a hate crime
Woman who attacked Muslims is charged with hate crime
Calif. woman who berated and attacked Muslims peacefully praying in a park will start the new year in court
Man accused of hate crime, arson in California mosque fire
Witnessed reported hearing a "loud boom" and seeing flames, according to acting iman, who says mosque was "firebombed"
Anti-Muslim attack in NYC charged as hate crime
Man allegedly swore at restaurant workers using anti-Muslim insults, hit one, and threw chairs at a glass food case
Advocates fear rise in anti-Muslim attacks
Spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations: "I have never seen such fear and apprehension in the Muslim community, even after 9/11"
Investigation
Classified material missing from Epstein files, documents suggest
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Midterm campaigns make final push as early voters hit the polls
At least 68 dead in high-speed train crash in Spain
Dolores Huerta, labor activist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
No clear winner in Israeli election as polls suggest stalemate
Nearly 75% of ex-NFL players who died from 2008-2023 had CTE, study finds
Investigation
In Trump's pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution
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Qatari mediators hand Iran new proposal to end the war
