October 18, 2019 Guns seized from neo-Nazi leader in Washington state, court records show Police have seized weapons, including AK-47-style military rifles, from the regional leader of a violent neo-Nazi group earlier this month in Arlington, Washington.
October 1, 2019 Jussie Smollett slams comparison to 12-year-old girl who lied about classmates cutting her dreadlocks Jussie Smollett hit back at a social media user who compared his attack to a 12-year-old girl who recently admitted she made up a story about how her dreadlocks were cut off by her fellow white schoolmates.
September 30, 2019 Black Virginia 6th grader who claimed white classmates cut off dreadlocks made story up, family says A Virginia sixth-grader who claimed three of her white male classmates held her down and cut off her dreadlocks is now coming forward to say she made the whole story up.
September 26, 2019 ‘OK’ hand gesture, ‘Bowlcut’ added to database for symbols of anti-Semitism The “OK” hand gesture, a mass killer’s bowl-style haircut and an anthropomorphic moon wearing sunglasses are among 36 new entries in a Jewish civil rights group’s online database of hate symbols used by white supremacists and other far-right extremists.
September 25, 2019 Man convicted of hate crime for confronting woman in Puerto Rico T-shirt A suburban Chicago man who was captured on video berating a woman wearing a shirt with the Puerto Rican on it was convicted of a hate crime Wednesday.
September 5, 2019 University of Illinois student no longer enrolled after allegedly leaving noose in elevator: school official A University of Illinois student charged with a hate crime for allegedly leaving a noose inside a campus elevator this week is no longer enrolled at the school, a university spokesman said Wednesday.
August 26, 2019 Alleged Pittsburgh synagogue gunman to face death penalty Federal prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue last year, according to a Monday court filing.
August 25, 2019 Parents accused of kidnapping, assaulting teen found in daughter's bedroom, in alleged hate crime: report A northern California mother, father and step-father of a 15-year-old girl reportedly are behind bars after police accused them of assaulting and kidnapping a teenage boy they found in their daughter's bedroom in an apparent hate crime.
August 16, 2019 Pennsylvania white supremacist sentenced to two years in prison after urging 'lone wolves' to kill Jews A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday after he attempted to incite social media users to kill Jews.
August 15, 2019 Cuomo proposes NY law to treat mass-casualty hate crimes as domestic terrorism New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday that would treat mass-casualty hate crimes as domestic terrorism, with convicted perpetrators automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.