MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The City of Myrtle Beach hosted a community discussion about hate crimes Monday evening. Officials from the United States Attorney's Office, the FBI, and local law enforcement led the conversation. The event "United Against Hate" focused on how to identify a hate crime or incident, report it and, ways to []
A man has been jailed for six years for serious sexual offences including sexual abuse and rape. Duncan Brown, 37, was sentenced today (Wednesday, April 17) at the High Court in Edinburgh for the crimes which took place in East Lothian between 2010 and 2020. Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Wood said: “The actions of Brown were disgraceful and he has now been made to face the consequences of his despicable actions. I hope today’s sentence provides his victims with some form of justice and...
Timing is everything in politics, so it was splendidly appropriate that the launch week of Humza Yousaf's draconian hate crime law should culminate in yesterday's Old Firm derby.
Police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, but officials say students may have been attacked because of their sexual orientation.
The Vessel viewpoint, an 150-foot-tall beehive-like structure in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, first opened in 2019. Between that year and its closure in 2021, four people died by suicide at the site. Now, Related Companies, the developer behind the Vessel, has announced that the structure is scheduled to reopen in 2024 with a new floor-to-ceiling mesh installation. The viewpoint’s top floor will remain off limits as an added precaution. The Vessel’s most permanent closure began on July 29, 2021,...
The jibe coined by Inverness-born Spectator magazine editor Fraser Nelson after the introduction of the new Hate Crime Act, was this week quoted by Lord Hope, once Scotland’s most senior judge and a former deputy president of the UK Supreme Court. It could yet be the SNP’s epitaph. In less than a fortnight, Police Scotland has been deluged with thousands of complaints, hardly any of which will result in prosecution, never mind conviction. No-one knows how or if these complaints will be recorded,...
More than 1,000 hate crime complaints have been made to police every day on average since Scotland's controversial new law was introduced on April Fool's Day.
The fires that caused severe damage to the Fresno Ararat Armenian Cemetery Sunday afternoon were found to be arson, but not a hate crime, FOX26 News reports. According to the Fresno Fire Department, firefighters responded to the cemetery on Sunday for reports of several trees on fire in the clearly marked Armenian section of the cemetery, leading the …
Michigan State University is investigating an alleged hate crime. According to the university, an "aggravated assault" happened near the MSU Main Library on Circle Drive on Monday, Apr. 15, 2024.
Khloé Kardashian was spotted out in Los Angeles on Thursday - just hours after the news of OJ Simpson's death at the age of 76.
Mhairi Black’s first foray into the Fringe with Politics Isn’t For Me is a particular highlight. After becoming the youngest person ever elected to the House of Commons at the age of 20, Mhairi embraces her dark sense of humour as she reflects on her time in Westminster with a first-hand, ruthlessly honest look at 21st century politics. Mhairi approached me at the end of last year to discuss doing a Fringe show. I was absolutely delighted to meet up with her and had some wonderful chats. I know...
A load shift on a semi caused a portion of Route 14 in Columbiana to be shut down for a few hours Friday.