Hate Crimes
C.I.A. Director Issues Warning After Possible Noose Is Found Near Facility
The C.I.A. director, William J. Burns, issued a warning to the agency’s work force last week after what appeared to be a noose was found outside a secret facility used by the agency in Virginia, according to people familiar with the matter. In the message, Mr. Burns said that racism and racist symbols would not […]
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Oslo Shooting Is Being Investigated as Terrorism, Police Say
Some L.G.B.T.Q. people reacted with shock that such a shooting could happen in a country where gay people are widely accepted, safety is not seen as a major issue and rainbow flags are common in shops and restaurants. Norway, in 1993, was the second country in the world, behind Denmark, to allow same-sex registered partnerships, […]
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Man Hit Woman in the Head 125 Times Because She Was Asian, Officials Say
A 67-year-old woman, wearing a white face mask and dark hooded jacket and pushing a shopping cart, enters an apartment building vestibule in Yonkers, N.Y. As she moves to unlock the door, a man comes up behind her and hits her in the head with a roundhouse right hand. The force of the blow knocks […]
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America Is Falling Apart at the Seams
In June a statistic floated across my desk that startled me. In 2020, the number of miles Americans drove fell 13 percent because of the pandemic, but the number of traffic deaths rose 7 percent. I couldn’t figure it out. Why would Americans be driving so much more recklessly during the pandemic? But then in […]
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Three Men Sentenced to Life in Prison in Ahmaud Arbery Killing
The chase ended when Mr. Arbery, blocked in by the trucks, clashed physically with Travis McMichael, who shot Mr. Arbery three times at close range with a shotgun. Mr. Bryan captured the slaying on his cellphone camera, and when the footage was widely distributed online, it stirred national outrage. On Friday, Mr. Arbery’s family members […]
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