June 27, 2018 Man accused of driving into crowd at Charlottesville rally faces federal charges, could receive death penalty The man accused of mowing down a counter-protester at last year’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville is now facing federal hate crime charges and could receive the dealth penalty if convicted.
June 27, 2018 Charlottesville attack suspect: What we know about James Alex Fields, Jr. The 21-year-old man accused of ramming his car through a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 has been charged with federal hate crimes.
June 18, 2018 SPLC makes huge settlement with anti-extremist group it called 'anti-Muslim' The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Monday that it would pay $3.375 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a British anti-extremism group that was put on a list of "anti-Muslim extremists."
June 7, 2018 Men threw hatchet at black teen, yelled racial slurs, police say Authorities in Massachusetts on Wednesday were searching for two men who allegedly yelled racial slurs and threw a hatchet at a black teen.
March 9, 2018 Man charged with hate crime after driving truck into store he believed was Muslim-owned, authorities say A former reserve deputy in Louisiana allegedly admitted to driving his white pickup truck into a shop he mistakenly believed was owned by Muslims.
February 21, 2018 Report: KKK chapters drop steeply despite 'hate group' surge The number of Ku Klux Klan chapters in the U.S. is plummeting as a new generation of khaki-clad racists rejects hoods and robes for a “hipper” brand of hate, according to a report Wednesday by an organization that tracks far-right extremists.
February 2, 2018 Oregon State student charged with hate crime over racist bumper stickers A doctoral student at Oregon State University faces felony hate crime charges after being arraigned Tuesday for allegedly placing racist bumper stickers on cars last June.
January 9, 2018 Man who vandalized Colorado mosque kills himself A man who pleaded guilty to a hate crime for vandalizing a Colorado mosque killed himself, authorities said.
January 5, 2018 NFL heiress' alleged anti-Semitic remarks being probed as hate crime NFL heiress Jacqueline Kent Cooke’s scuffle with a 52-year-old lawyer at a Manhattan restaurant last Sunday is now being probed as a hate crime for her alleged anti-Semitic remarks, The New York Daily News reported.
December 27, 2017 Hate crimes and hoaxes: 10 campus stories debunked in 2017 Remember when a black cadet at the Air Force Academy said he found a racist message in his dorm? That prompted Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria to say in remarks that went viral, “If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, then get out.” Well, turns out the inciting incident was a hoax.