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Amish woman says hair-cut attacks done out of love
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Amish woman says she and brothers cut the hair of her parents in Ohio to help them get to heaven. The woman tells jurors hearing the hate crimes trial of 16 members of a breakaway Amish group that her siblings had been worried...
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Police: Michigan St. student attack not likely hate crime
DETROIT (AP) — Police say an attack on a Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not likely a hate crime. Zach Tennen says he was at a party when two men asked if he was Jewish, and when he responded "yes," punched him in the...Tags: Michigan State University
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Judge rejects Ohio Amish hate crime law challenge
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge has rejected a challenge of the federal hate crimes law by Amish defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. The defendants argue the alleged attacks last fall weren't hate crimes but...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief, Amish, Justice System
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Holocaust center to open in W. Mich.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — A center devoted to studying genocide and the Holocaust may open soon at Muskegon Community College. Muskegon's Shoah Remembrance Committee will use space on the MCC campus. The Rev. Chris Anderson tells The...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Massacres, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief
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Feds to decide if Kansas fire attack is hate crime
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's office in Kansas is weighing federal hate crime charges against two white men investigators say attacked a 54-year-old black man and set him on fire. A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Justice System
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12 defendants in Ohio Amish attacks join challenge
CLEVELAND (AP) — Twelve defendants charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio are challenging the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes law. University of Akron Law professor J. Dean Carro, who filed one of the challenges, said...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Religion and Belief, Amish, Justice System
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APNewsBreak: Basement case could be US hate crime
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The case of the four disabled adults found locked in a Philadelphia basement may become one of the first prosecuted under a 2009 federal hate-crimes law. The FBI is taking a broad look at the apparent Social Security fraud case,...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), FBI, Matthew Shepard, Crimes, Crime Victims
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Court OKs genocide lawsuit against mining company
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a London-based mining company can be sued in the United States on allegations it aided the government of Papua New Guinea in genocide and war crimes. The lawsuit was filed by residents...Tags: Government, Massacres, Papua New Guinea, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Report details warning for fired Michigan assistant AG
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Documents say a former assistant state attorney general who was fired after being accused of harassing the gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan was previously warned about using state resources for...Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Chris Armstrong, Crimes, Lawyers
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Hate crime charges in Md. McDonald's beating
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted two teens on hate crime charges in the beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald's restaurant that was caught on video. The indictment returned Monday by a Baltimore County grand jury charges Teonna...Tags: McDonald's, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Assault
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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
ReutersBy Anna Hiatt NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Shootings, Gay Rights
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Glendale schools to take April 24 off
Glendale Unified students and teachers will have next April 24 off in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, following an agreement signed by school officials and the teachers union this week. Thousands of students of Armenian descent typically skip...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Students, Massacres, Google Inc., Teaching and Learning
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