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The investigation of racially motivated threats of violence targeting historically Black colleges and universities has identified one juvenile believed to be responsible for a majority of the threats and the Department of Justice has worked with state prosecutors to hold the minor accountable. Since January 2022, more than 50 HBCUs, houses of worship, and other […]
Cybersecurity firm Mandiant says online influence operation aims to discourage US citizens from voting. A pro-China online influence campaign is seeking to discredit the United States’ democracy and discourage citizens from voting in the upcoming midterm elections, according to cybersecurity researchers. The influence campaign, dubbed DRAGONBRIDGE, aims to “sow division both between the US and […]
Police cars are seen on the street in downtown Chicago, the United States, Aug. 10, 2020. (Photo by Alan Ruffin/Xinhua) The number of hate crimes . . .
Two right-wing operatives pleaded guilty on Monday in Cleveland to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud for having placed thousands of false robocalls in Ohio that told people they could be arrested or be forced to receive vaccinations based on information they submitted in votes by mail. Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack […]
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) — Thus far in 2022, reported hate crimes are on the rise in Chicago, the third largest city of the United States, particularly those based on race and religion with Blacks at 50 percent and Jews 75 percent, according to official data. “The fear runs deep through some of Chicago’s […]
The cake at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s 20th anniversary celebration Thursday night. Photo by Josh Kurtz. Everybody has a theory, or a gut feeling, or an armload of statistics, to tell them how the race for control of Congress is going to go — and whether Maryland is going to play a role in determining […]
Washington CNN — In an effort to overcome Biden administration resistance to providing it with a new set of powerful, long-range rocket systems, the Ukrainian government is now offering the US full and ongoing visibility into their list of intended Russian targets, multiple officials familiar with the discussions tell CNN.
A gunman targeting homeless people fatally shot two men in a Vancouver, British Columbia, suburb and wounded two others before being shot and killed by police, authorities said Monday. Evidence of the rampage was scattered around the bedroom community of Langley, including an overturned bicycle spilling person possessions onto […]
A Kansas man was sentenced today to 27 months in federal prison and 18 months of supervised release for threatening a Black man with a knife because of the man’s race, in order to intimidate and interfere with the man’s right to fair housing. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil […]