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A judge has ruled that he won’t kick one of Jussie Smollett’s attorneys off his case but that the attorney won’t be allowed to question two key witnesses if the case goes to trial.

Investigators have found the gunman who killed two people Saturday in Winthrop, Massachusetts, had made “some troubling white supremacist rhetoric” that targeted Black and Jewish people, and both his victims were Black, officials said Sunday. The shooting is now being investigated as a hate crime, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins. The gunman “walked by several other people…

Montgomery County is reaching out to people who’ve been targeted for verbal or physical abuse because of their race, ethnicity, religion or other reasons and who may be reluctant to report it to authorities.

The Montgomery County state’s attorney is working to help victims who have been targeted for verbal or physical abuse because of their race, ethnicity, religion or other reasons. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Police Saturday said a man was taken into custody, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshal Service, as one of the primary suspects who allegedly assaulted several Jewish men Tuesday outside a restaurant in the Beverly Grove area of Los Angeles.

The Senate approved a bill Thursday that aims to curb a rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Monday, the Senate will begin to debate legislation addressing the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.

As anti-Asian attacks continue, three victims come forward to share their experiences and the change they hope to inspire.

The Senate has opened debate on legislation confronting the rise of potential hate crimes against Asian Americans

McDonald’s will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year

Two doormen have been fired for not acting as an Asian American woman was brutally attacked in front of their building near New York City’s Times Square.

Authorities have arrested a man who viciously attacked an Asian American woman near New York City’s Times Square.

A violent attack against an Asian-American man aboard a Brooklyn subway train and a separate assault on an Asian woman in Manhattan are being investigated by police. New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has offered to assist in the investigation.

A New York City woman who was on her way to protest recent violent attacks against Asians on Sunday was assaulted herself, according to police.

The murder case against a white man accused of shooting and killing six women of Asian descent and two other people at Atlanta-area massage businesses could become the first big test for Georgia’s new hate crimes law

News4’s Shomari Stone reports on a vigil and march after the killings of eight people, including six of Asian descent, in Georgia.

Around 200 people gathered Wednesday night for a vigil near the Chinatown arch and then marched in solidarity following the killings of eight people, including six of Asian descent, at massage parlors in the Atlanta area.

Asian Americans have faced a dangerous climate since the coronavirus entered the U.S. a year ago

Asian American lawmakers, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats, denounced on Friday a rise in hate incidents targeting members of the Asian community across the country and called for stronger action — both by Congress and the Biden administration.

Racist incidents and attacks on members of the Asian community in public have, in part, persuaded some families not to send their children back to in-person schooling, administrators say