Nation Aug 06 Man accused of killing Israeli Embassy staffers indicted on federal hate crime charges By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation May 02 Illinois landlord sentenced to 53 years in prison for hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy Joseph Czuba also severely injured the boy's mother in a brutal attack days after the war in Gaza began. By Associated Press
Nation Apr 13 Watch 6:01 How the Telegram app became a hub for hate crime and radical extremists A joint investigation by ProPublica and PBS Frontline into the shadowy world of online hate networks and the platform Telegram is detailed in a new documentary, “The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram.” The investigation identified 35 crimes linked to the… By John Yang, Andrew Corkery
Nation Feb 28 Illinois landlord found guilty of murder, hate crime in 2023 attack on Palestinian American boy Joseph Czuba, 73, was charged in the fatal stabbing of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen. By Sophia Tareen, Melissa Perez Winder, Associated Press
Nation Feb 25 Trial starts for Illinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy The landlord, Joseph Czuba, is accused of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding his mother Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023. By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press
Feb 24 Man found guilty of killing trans woman in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity By James Pollard, Associated Press A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation’s first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. Continue reading
Feb 20 First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman’s killing By James Pollard, Associated Press The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head. Continue reading
Feb 20 First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman’s killing By James Pollard, Associated Press Ritter is said to have been splitting time between South Carolina, where he had a job and driver’s license, and New York, where he lived with family and was eventually arrested. Continue reading
Oct 17 Muslim boy remembered as kind, energetic by mourners in Chicago suburb By Claire Savage, Melissa Perez Winder, Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Mahmoud Yousef, the boy's uncle, remembered Wadea as a typical 6-year-old who was active, playful and kind. Continue reading
Oct 16 Killing of Muslim boy outside of Chicago was hate crime in response to Israel-Hamas war, police say By Sophia Tareen, Ed White, Associated Press A 71-year-old Illinois landlord upset over the Israel-Hamas war attacked a Palestinian American woman with a knife when she proposed they “pray for peace” and killed her 6-year-old son, authorities said Monday. Continue reading