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The white woman was hit with a felony hate crime charge for allegedly wrongly accusing the then-14-year-old son of a noted jazz musician of taking her phone and lunging at him.

The 67-year-old woman was simply on her way home when a man at the door said something awful to her. She ignored him. This happened next.

Three middle school students accused of posting threats against Black students were arrested and charged with hate crimes. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Three eighth-grade students in Frederick County, Maryland, were arrested and charged with hate crimes after authorities say they made threats on social media against Black students.

The sheriff’s office addressed disturbing Instagram and Snapchat threats, aimed at Black students at Middletown Middle School in Frederick County, Maryland. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

The suspect believed to be responsible for a string of more than a half-dozen anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan in a single day was arrested and charged Wednesday — after he barricaded himself inside the New York Public Library in midtown, two law enforcement sources familiar with the matter said. Steven Zajonc was taken to the 7th precinct, the headquarters of…

A white man serving a life sentence for fatally stabbing a Black college student at a bus stop at the University of Maryland has asked the state’s second highest court to throw out his murder conviction

Protests in Spain to denounce a rise in hate crimes against LGBTQ people have gone ahead after a high-profile case that had grabbed attention across the country took an unexpected twist.

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.

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

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

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.