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Chris Bohjalian sets love amid horror
Chris Bohjalian's novel "The Sandcastle Girls" has many traditional elements of compelling fiction — people with secrets, shocking plot twists, compulsively likable characters and a rich love story. It also describes the 1915 mass killing of...
Tags: Turkey, Human Interest, World War I (1914-1918), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Literature
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Man charged with hate crime in brutal assault on Sikh cab driver
SEATTLE—A man accused of brutally attacking a Sikh cab driver, stomping on him as he lay on the ground and ripping out part of his beard, has been indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with a hate crime. The indictment of Jamie Larson, 49,...Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Defendants, Lawyers, Trials
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Hate crime case ends with probation, essay
Tribune reporterAn Alsip man was sentenced today to probation and ordered to write an essay about the lynching of blacks in America after he pleaded guilty to an attack two years ago in which he and two friends put a noose around the neck of an African-American teenager...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes, Misdemeanors, Punishment, Juvenile Delinquency
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Glendale school board candidates talk diversity, funding and Armenian genocide
At the first Glendale Unified school board election forum of the season Wednesday night, candidates discussed districtwide diversity, language programs and commemorating the Armenian genocide. About 20 people attended the event hosted and televised by...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Genocide, Media Industry, Teachers
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Serious problem
A serious problem will keep occurring in society as people are becoming hesitant to report it. Despite growing awareness of hate crimes, the share of those crimes reported to police has fallen in recent years as more victims of violent attacks...Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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Trio of Good Samaritans stopped beating of disabled woman, cops say
FloriDUHGood Samaritans Cheryl Priester, Tonia Priester, and Patricia Robinson saw a woman being beaten with a large stick and then robbed by another woman, according to a news release from the Sarasota Police Department. Priester dialed 911 for help and all...Tags: Theft
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Blacks in Orange County feel harassed, survey finds
L.A. NOWOfficials will hold a forum in Orange County next week to discuss a survey that found that blacks in the county feel harassed. About a quarter of the African Americans who participated in the human relations study reported experiencing discrimination........ -
A baseball lecture on Super Bowl Sunday at Congregation Solel
Is nothing sacred? Super Bowl Sunday is the holiest day of the year for NFL fans. But on Feb. 3, Congregation Solel in Highland Park kicks off the day with a lecture about, of all things, baseball. "Baseball: The Great Jewish American Pastime" will...Tags: Sports, College Baseball, Jackie Robinson, National Football League, Baseball
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Former Guatemalan dictator to stand trial on genocide charges
MEXICO CITY – Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, a Guatemalan judge ruled Monday, in incidents that took place during the height of the Central American nation's brutal...
Tags: Prosecution, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights Watch, Genocide
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Latino, black leaders unite after alleged hate crime in Compton
L.A. NOWA coalition of Latino and Black community leaders banded together on the steps of Compton City Hall Monday, seeking to unite the city in the aftermath of an attack that law enforcement has labeled a hate crime.... -
Black man in Compton reported earlier hate crime by Latino gang
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County Sheriff's detectives said they are re-opening an investigation into a second incident in Compton in which a black man reported being threatened by Latino gang members and forced to move.... -
Earthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Fairfield in Solano County
L.A. NOWA shallow, magnitude-3.1 earthquake was reported Friday morning one mile from Fairfield in Solano County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 9:38 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 7.5 miles. According to the USGS, the......
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