Latest Hate crimes News
California man sentenced to life for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate was sentenced Friday to life without parole in prison. Samuel Woodward, 27, was sentenced in a Southern California courtroom at the end of an all-day...
Three more college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland have arrested three more Salisbury University students on hate crime charges following an attack in which investigators say a man was lured to an off-campus apartment, beaten and called a homophobic slur. The latest arrests brought the...
12 college students charged with hate crimes after assault in Maryland
BALTIMORE (AP) — A dozen students at a university on Maryland’s Eastern Shore have been arrested after they lured a man to an off-campus apartment, beat him up and called him a homophobic slur, according to local police. In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the 12 young...
NYC trio charged with hate crimes linked to pro-Palestinian vandalism of museum officials’ homes
NEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been indicted on hate crimes charges in connection with red paint that was smeared on the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests this summer, prosecutors announced Monday. Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and...
Biden marks anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11
PITTSBURGH (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman's deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from...
Australia's leader rejects Beijing's claims that his country is rife with 'racism and hate crimes'
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in...
South Carolina man gets life in prison in killing of Black transgender woman
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday in the killing of a Black transgender woman after the exposure of their secret sexual relationship. U.S. District Judge Sherri A. Lydon sentenced Daqua Lameek Ritter in federal court in...
Man is charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers University
A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has admitted to a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, now faces up to three years in prison when he is...
Defendant pleads no contest in shooting of Native activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man pleaded no contest Monday to reduced charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of a Native American activist during demonstrations about abandoned plans to reinstall a statue of a Spanish conquistador. ...
Man is sentenced to 35 years for shooting 2 Jewish men as they left Los Angeles synagogues
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California man was sentenced Monday to 35 years in prison for shooting and wounding two Jewish men as they left synagogues in Los Angeles last year, federal prosecutors said. Jaime Tran, 30, pleaded guilty in June to two counts of hate crimes with intent to...
