Prosecutors will not pursue a hate crime charge against a Bellingham man who was arrested Saturday in connection with an altercation at Cornwall Park, during which one man was repeatedly punched in the face and threatened with a screwdriver. Court documents indicate both the victim and his alleged assailant used racially charged language during the […]
A prime mover behind the Shirion Collective, a conspiracy-minded, pro-Israel disinformation network seeking to shape public opinion about the Gaza conflict in the US, Australia and the UK, is a tech entrepreneur named Daniel Linden living in Florida who co-wrote a guidebook for OnlyFans users, the Guardian can reveal. Shirion has harassed pro-Palestinian activists, including […]
Damage to two new-build properties in Antrim is being treated as a sectarian-motivated hate crime. Four people, dressed in dark clothing, threw objects in the Reford Grove development in the town at about 03:00 BST on Sunday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said. On arrival, police officers noted that two windows had been […]
Bellingham police arrested a man Saturday evening following a report of a racially motivated assault at Cornwall Park. The assault was reported just before 5 p.m. by the assault victim, who told police he was near a set of stairs by the playground when he saw another male — identified as Timothy Franklin, 51, of […]
After nearly quadrupling in just three years, Chicago’s hate crime levels remain high, city leaders said Thursday. The number of reported hate crimes has spiked from just 80 in 2020 to 303 last year, aldermen learned during an annual presentation. Meanwhile, the number of reported hate crimes this year is on track once again to […]
Amid campus protests and conservatives’ dwindling faith in higher education, Ohio lawmakers are pushing for changes at the state’s universities. A controversial higher education overhaul called Senate Bill 83 stalled in the Ohio House of Representatives Wednesday despite a marathon day of legislating. The bill would ban mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion programs, prohibit universities […]
IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France (AP) — Amid market stalls heaped with fresh foods, the shopper walked past the young candidate campaigning for votes in France’s high-stakes and torrid legislative election but then paused and doubled back to give Shannon Seban a piece of her mind. What happened next is becoming depressingly familiar for the 28-year-old candidate, who […]
Celebrated personal finance guru Dave Ramsey calls out Americans who consider saving enough money to quit their jobs because they hate them as a bad life plan. Here’s what Ramsey had to say about this flawed approach. Don’t Miss: The average American couple has saved this much money for retirement — How do you compare? […]
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief on Monday launched global principles to combat online hate and lies and demanded that big tech companies use their power to reduce the harm they are doing to people and societies around the world. Secretary-General António Guterres also demanded that advertising and public relations companies “stop monetizing […]
A woman in Texas has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child after trying to drown a 3-year-old child at an apartment complex pool and making racial statements, according to police. The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations identified the family as Muslim and Palestinian and called on state […]
Imagine you’re a parent, and you go online one day to discover that other parents in your community have been talking about your family online for an entire month, all behind your back. They’ve circulated a petition to pressure your child’s school to prevent your child from being themself and had public Facebook discussions where […]
A security camera at the Bellingham Police Department captured scenes of a June 12 middle school field trip and the aftermath of an attack that is being charged as a hate crime. Paul Jonathan Bittner, 42, is accused of targeting and assaulting an 11-year-old Bellingham boy who was returning from a field trip with his […]