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Officials Across Florida Fight Back Against Rowdy Spring Breakers
Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some establishments to close their doors from Miami Beach to Florida’s Panhandle
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Intense Rivalry Leads to Violence After High School Basketball Game
News4’s Shawn Yancy reports on violence after a high school basketball game between Woodson High School and Fairfax High School.
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Prince George's County Launches Anti-Violence Initiative
The county saw a huge spike in violence in 2021. A new program aims to help young people and prevent much of that violence from happening next year. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.
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Dutch Police Arrest 7 Amid Unrest in the Hague
Police have arrested seven rioters in The Hague after youths set fires in streets and threw fireworks at officers
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Afghanistan Evacuations Speed Up Amid Reports of Taliban Violence, Crackdown on Women's Rights
Evacuations from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport picked up pace on Wednesday after a frenzied and deadly start to the week.
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Driver Rams Cyclists in Arizona Race, Critically Injuring 6
Authorities say a driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders
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At Least 91 Killed in Deadly Crackdown on Protesters in Myanmar
Soldiers and police in Myanmar used lethal force to suppress the latest protests against last month’s coup as the military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day with a parade in the country’s capital Saturday.
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Biden on Anti-Asian Violence: ‘Our Silence is Complicity'
“Hate and violence often hide in plain sight,” President Joe Biden said Friday. “It’s often met with silence. That’s been true throughout our history. But that has to change because our silence is complicity. We cannot be complicit.”
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Daniel Dae Kim on Anti-Asian Violence: ‘What Happens Now Will Send a Message for Generations'
Testifying before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on anti-Asian violence on Thursday, actor Daniel Dae Kim called on Congress to take action. “What happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to whether we matter,” he said.
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Biden Condemns Violence Against Asian Americans
President Joe Biden on Thursday denounced the “vicious hate crimes” against Asian Americans across the country. “[They’ve been] attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated,” Biden said. “It’s wrong, it’s un-American, and it must stop.”
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Pelosi, House Dems Call for Action on Hate Incidents Targeting Asian Americans
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.
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Study Shows Rise of Hate Crimes, Violence Against Asian Americans During the Pandemic
While the pandemic’s long-lasting impact has affected public health and the economy, the Asian-American community has also experienced the fallout of COVID-19 – being unfairly blamed for the pandemic and becoming the target of discrimination and violence.
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Study: Killings Surge in 2020; Pandemic, Protests Play Roles
Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study suggests that the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice unrest were factors
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Online Bans Fail to Silence US Extremists Drawn to Protests
For months, the nationwide protests against racial injustice and COVID-19 lockdown orders have attracted all kinds of extremists using online platforms to plan, coordinate and drum up support for their activities
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Civil Rights Advocates Worry Message for Racial Justice Will Be Lost in Violence
Some civil rights advocates are becoming worried the growing violence in some cities is undermining what could be a critical moment in the fight for racial equality. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Biden: Blake Shooting Video ‘Makes Me Sick'
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday discussed the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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Teen Shot, Killed in DC Days Before He Was to Attend College, Pursue Criminal Justice
An 18-year-old man who was shot in D.C. days before he was set to go to college has died. Someone shot Richard Bangura multiple times the evening of Sunday, Aug. 9 in the 2400 block of Franklin Street NE, police said. Bangura died a week later on the same day he planned to go to Temple University in Philadelphia. His…
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Family Mourns DC Teenager Killed in Shooting
Richard Bangura’s family was supposed to say goodbye to him at Temple University this past weekend. Instead, they said final goodbyes as he lay in a hospital bed. News4’s Cory Smith has more on one family’s pain, as their son’s life was cut short.
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Exhausted Cities Face Another Challenge: a Surge in Violence
Exhausted American cities are facing yet another challenge in addition to the coronavirus and the street protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
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DC Councilman Vows to Find More Funds for Violence Interrupters Amid Mayor's Proposed Cuts
In a budget hearing late Tuesday, D.C. Councilman Charles Allen vowed to find funding to restore and continue investing in the District’s Violence Interrupter program, which is facing a major cut in the currently proposed budget. “We’re going to change that because I don’t believe that we can handle fewer violence interrupters, I think we need more – and...