WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The FBI says 7,624 hate crime incidents involving 9,006 offenses were reported to it in 2007, with 52 percent of the victims targeted because of their race.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- Legislation in the U.S. Congress would place attacks on homeless people on a level similar to hate crimes.
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, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. hate-crime incidents rose nearly 8 percent last year, the FBI reported on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to attach a measure that would extend federal hate-crime protection to sexual orientation to the defense authorization bill.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives Thursday approved legislation to extend hate crime protection to those who are victimized because of their sexuality.
CHICAGO, June 27 (UPI) -- Illinois has two new hate crimes laws intended to protect minorities, the elderly and other groups from housing discrimination and harassment.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A gay Republican group Thursday praised California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing a hate crimes act.
ULSTER, Northern Ireland, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Hate crime legislation protecting homosexuals in Northern Ireland will be introduced soon and spread throughout the United Kingdom, a report said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- State and local law enforcement agencies reported nearly 10,000 hate crimes in 2001, the FBI said Monday.
