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Recent Examples of hate crime
Mack Davis, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out the mass killings in Owosso, about 25 miles west of Flint.
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Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Federal investigators, who are investigating the Asian American teenager’s death as a hate crime, said the 17-year-old went home to grab supplies for the concert and got into a fight with the people inside before the fire started.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2024
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, a Mauritanian national, has been hit with hate crime and terrorism charges for the Oct. 26 attack in which he is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man who was wearing a kippah while walking to his synagogue in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
At the time of their departures, hate crimes were spiking in the city amid fallout from the Israel-Hamas war.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
Federal investigators, who are investigating the Asian American teenager’s death as a hate crime, said the 17-year-old went home to grab supplies for the concert and got into a fight with the people inside before the fire started.
—Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2024
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, a Mauritanian national, has been hit with hate crime and terrorism charges for the Oct. 26 attack in which he is accused of shooting a 39-year-old Jewish man who was wearing a kippah while walking to his synagogue in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
At the time of their departures, hate crimes were spiking in the city amid fallout from the Israel-Hamas war.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Hay was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on assault and bias crime charges, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacramento Bee,
21 May 2024
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Those numbers have continued to rise in the first month of 2024 as the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has seen a 12% increase in bias crimes, according to police department statistics.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2024
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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Connecticut entered this fiscal year with nearly $80 billion in long-term debt, including more than $35 billion in unfunded pension obligations alone.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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The company's financial troubles stemmed from $3.3 billion in long-term debt, which exceeded its total assets by nearly $1 billion.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Timely tax tips and the latest news delivered to your inbox weekly Kelly Phillips Erb is a Philadelphia-area Forbes senior writer who covers tax and financial crimes.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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When a host commits both a crime and causes an ecological disaster, what is a guest supposed to do?—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
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Weidner is trying to get several South Florida cities, including Davie and Boca Raton, to join in, calling homes subject to foreclosure because of aggressive enforcement of code violations a potential goldmine of untapped revenue.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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The first shot was off from Solo Ball, who finished with a game-high 20 points on 6-for-17 shooting, and the second didn’t leave Jayden Ross’ hand in time, a shot clock violation with five seconds left that allowed the Musketeers to seal the game at the free throw line.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2025
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This marked the first time the publisher admitted wrongdoing connected to the tabloid.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Biden said the pardons do not acknowledge any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be viewed as an admission of guilt.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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The prosecution agreed to reduce its initial second-degree murder charge to voluntary manslaughter as long as Harmon pleaded guilty to both the manslaughter charge and an enhancement for the use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Jan. 2025
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He is expected to be arraigned on the felony charges Friday afternoon.—
Sacramento Bee,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Jan. 2025
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The infant’s father, Robert Pasco, was charged with one felony count of unlawful use of a weapon and one misdemeanor count of possessing a firearm without a valid firearm owner’s identification card.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Jackson pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of battery.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Hate crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hate%20crime. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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