Biden condemns anti-Asian violence
President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Atlanta to offer their condolences to a community in pain after a shooting rampage at area spas left eight dead. Ed O'Keefe reports.
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President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Atlanta to offer their condolences to a community in pain after a shooting rampage at area spas left eight dead. Ed O'Keefe reports.
Robert Aaron Long allegedly killed eight people, six of them women of Asan descent, at three area spas
Though the motivations behind the Atlanta-area spa shootings are still under investigation, many see the rampage as racially motivated. Mark Strassmann has more.
Newly obtained surveillance video shows the suspect in multiple spa shootings in Georgia moments before the rampage that left eight people dead, including six Asian women. Mark Strassmann reports.
New video has emerged showing the moments right before and after the deadly shooting rampage at three Atlanta-area spas. Meantime, as authorities continue to investigate the suspect and his motive for the attacks, the House on Thursday held a hearing on the rise anti-Asian American discrimination and violence that has faced the community over the past year. CBS News' Mark Strassmann reports on the latest in the investigation. Then, Wall Street Journal congressional reporter Siobhan Hughes and CBS News congressional reporter Jack Turman join CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
A Facebook post, appearing to come from Cherokee County sheriff's office official Jay Baker, showed a T-shirt calling COVID-19 an "IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA."
The killings sparked fear and outrage in the Asian American community, which has faced a dramatic spike in violence during the coronavirus pandemic.
Surveillance video shows the Atlanta-area spa shootings suspect arrive at and leave Young's Asian Massage, where four people were killed. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
Six of the eight people killed in this week's shootings at three Atlanta-area spas were Asian women.
The president directed the flags to be lowered until sunset March 22.
The man accused of killing eight people at three Atlanta-area spas on Tuesday has been formally charged. The rampage has sparked outrage in the Asian American community, which has seen a rise in racist violence over the past year, as investigators say it is too early to tell if the attack is racially motivated. CBS News national correspondent Mark Strassmann joined CBSN from Atlanta with the latest.
The suspected gunman denied the attack was racially motivated but officials said it was still too early to rule out a hate crime.
The group Stop AAPI Hate has found nearly 3,800 racial incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were reported from March 2020 to February 2021. Diane Fujino, a professor of Asian American studies at UC Santa Barbara, spoke with CBSN's "Red & Blue" about the hate targeting this population and its long history in the U.S.
At least eight people were killed in the Atlanta-area spa shootings, and a suspect is in custody.
Six Asian women were among those who died in three separate shootings at Atlanta-area spas. Police said the shootings may not be racially motivated, but the violence is alarming Asian American communities. Mark Strassmann has the latest.
The victims were returning home from a large livestock market in Banibangou, near Niger's troubled border with Mali. The suspected extremists also destroyed nearby granaries that held valuable food stores.
Eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, were shot and killed at three Atlanta-area spas.
The suspect is linked to at least one of the shootings and police say it is "extremely likely" he is also the suspect in the other two shootings.
Officials said Wednesday that the suspect in a series of deadly shootings at spas in the Atlanta area admitted responsibility, and they said he made comments about having "sexual addiction." They said the 21-year-old Georgia man told authorities the shootings were not racially motivated. Watch their briefing.
A suspect is in custody after shootings at three spas in the Atlanta metro area left eight people dead. Police say video evidence led them to arrest 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long in connection with the shootings. CBS News national correspondent Mark Strassmann joined CBSN with more.
There are fears that a string of deadly shootings at massage parlors in the Atlanta area could be linked to a wave of attacks against Asian-Americans. Eight people were killed, and at least half of them are believed to be Asian women. Mark Strassmann reports from the scene of one of those shootings.
At least eight people were killed in three shootings at Atlanta-area spas on Tuesday. A suspect linked to at least one of the shootings is in custody and has been identified by authorities. CBS News digital journalist Jessi Mitchell joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the latest.
At least eight people were killed Tuesday in shootings at three spas in the Atlanta area. A suspect is in custody in connection to at least one shooting. Police said it was too early in the investigation to say if the shootings were linked or to identify potential motives. CBS News investigative unit producer Pat Milton joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with the latest.
At least 10 rockets struck an Iraqi air base that hosts U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces. Also, three female journalists were shot dead in Afghanistan, and a Panamanian diplomat, her husband and another family member died after their car was swept away by a Colombia river. Meanwhile, Australia's attorney general is denying a rape allegation. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined "CBSN AM" from Johannesburg with those stories.
Ryan Fischer, who was shot while walking Lady Gaga's three dogs in Los Angeles, has spoken out in an emotional Instagram post. Her two French bulldogs were stolen but later returned. CBS Los Angeles reports.