Hate Crime

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a bill to strengthen Kentucky’s hate crime law.The legislation comes in reaction to the killings of two Black…

A special prosecutor's investigation found "abuses of discretion and operational failures" in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office handling of the case, but nothing to support criminal charges.

"After a thorough review of the facts and evidence surrounding this event, we have concluded that no federal crime was committed," FBI officials said in a statement, Tuesday.

A Muslim advocacy group wants Kentucky authorities to investigate vandalism on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali as a possible hate crime.The Kentucky…

A new Tennessee attorney general opinion says judges can apply hate crime enhancements when sentencing cases that target transgender individuals.State…

The federal government will charge the man who killed two people in a Jeffersontown Kroger last month with three federal hate crimes.U.S. Attorney Russell…

The fatal shooting death of two black grocery patrons by a white gunman is being investigated as a possible hate crime, a U.S. official said…

FBI statistics released Monday show that the number of hate crimes reported last year rose by nearly 5 percent compared to the previous year.

A Lexington mosque has been the target of a bomb threat. As WEKU's Cheri Lawson reports, the Kentucky Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic...

Twenty-eight years ago, as a Daviess County sheriff’s deputy, David Osbourne went to the home of Darrell Perry to serve an eviction notice. Perry had…