May 3, 2016 Without hate crime, US limited in prosecuting Zimmerman because he wasn't a police officer The Justice Department's decision to not prosecute a civilian neighborhood-watch volunteer for a hate crime in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager isn't necessarily a harbinger of how it will rule in two other high-profile deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police.
May 3, 2016 Justice Department: George Zimmerman will not face federal charges in death of Trayvon Martin The Justice Department says George Zimmerman will not face federal civil rights charges in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
May 3, 2016 Muslims call for hate crime charges in shootings of 3 students, but such cases are challenging Relatives of the three Muslim college students killed in North Carolina are pressing for hate crime charges against the alleged shooter, but legal experts say such cases are relatively rare and can be difficult to prove.
May 3, 2016 Islamic leader: Slaying of 3 North Carolina college students concerns Muslims worldwide The leader of the world's largest bloc of Muslim countries says the slaying of three college students in North Carolina has raised international concerns about "rising anti-Muslim sentiments and Islamophobic acts" in the United States.
May 3, 2016 FBI takes on probe of 3 Muslims slain in North Carolina after family complains of hate crime The FBI says it's launching an inquiry parallel to a police homicide investigation as families demand a federal hate-crime investigation of three young Muslims allegedly slain by a North Carolina neighbor.
May 3, 2016 Accused shooter of Muslim students had earlier run-ins with neighbors, wearing gun on his hip The North Carolina man accused of killing three Muslim students in a dispute over parking spaces had earlier run-ins with his neighbors, sometimes while wearing a handgun on his hip.
May 3, 2016 Fathers of the 3 Muslims shot in Chapel Hill demand hate crime prosecution The fathers of the three Muslim students shot in their Chapel Hill, North Carolina apartment spoke with The Associated Press before their funeral on Thursday, calling on Americans to understand that they died in a hate crime.
May 3, 2016 Man arrested after 3 people found shot to death in condominium in North Carolina Police say three people have been shot to death at a condominium complex east of the University of North Carolina campus and a man has been arrested.
May 3, 2016 Judge sentences 3 to federal prison in death of black man run over by truck in Mississippi Three people have been sentenced to federal prison following a hate crimes investigation stemming from the death of a black man who was beaten and run over by a truck.
May 3, 2016 Man, 20, charged in St. Louis train attack; victim said he was asked about Michael Brown A 20-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a St. Louis light-rail passenger who says he was attacked after being asked about the "Mike Brown situation." St. Louis city prosecutors charged Ronald Williams Tuesday with misdemeanor assault, a day after he and a 15-year-old were arrested in connection with the March 23 attack of a 43-year-old commuter.