WASHINGTON, July 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Congress is poised to expand hate crimes protections for people attacked because of their sexual orientation, advocates say.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The time is now to expand hate crime laws to include disability, sexual orientation and gender identity, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said.
SANTA ANA, Calif., May 26 (UPI) -- The number of hate crimes committed in Orange County, Calif., last year was similar to 2007, but the percentage aimed at black and Latinos rose, officials say.
LOS ANGELES, July 25 (UPI) -- Los Angeles recorded a 28 percent rise in hate crimes in 2007, largely resulting from hostilities between Latinos and blacks, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The 2008 U.S. defense authorization bill could be voted on soon after a congressional panel pulled controversial language extending hate crimes law to gays.
WASHINGTON, April 17 (UPI) -- FBI agents interviewing Iraqis in the United States found evidence of 36 "backlash" hate crimes, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday. He said more than 400 such crimes had been investigated by the FBI since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- State and local law enforcement agencies reported nearly 10,000 hate crimes in 2001, the FBI said Monday. Apparently motivated by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror att
SALVADOR, Brazil, April 23 (UPI) --
