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HONOLULU — Hundreds of leaflets containing threats and disparaging remarks toward Muslims were found in the yard of an Islamic center in Honolulu, authorities said.
The leaflets were thrown into the fenced yard of the mosque of the Muslim Association of Hawaii on Monday morning, said Daniel Dzwilewski, special agent in charge at the FBI’s Honolulu […]
YORK, Pa. — A day after he was acquitted of conspiring to murder a young black woman as a police officer during the city’s 1969 race riots, former York Mayor Charlie Robertson stood outside his sea-green clapboard house Sunday and waved to a well-wishing motorist who honked.
“I’m still the mayor to a lot of people,” […]
YORK, Pa. — The attorney for a former mayor told jurors Thursday that testimony had failed to show he had provoked a white gang before a black woman was slain during race riots in 1969.
Prosecutors “haven’t proven a thing” against Charlie Robertson, attorney William Costopoulos said sternly during closing arguments.
Robertson, 68, who was a police […]
YORK, Pa. — Former Mayor Charlie Robertson, on trial for allegedly handing out ammunition to white gangs that killed a young black woman during a 1969 race riot, told a judge Tuesday that he will not testify.
Robertson said he reached the decision “under the advice of my attorneys.”
Judge John C. Uhler advised Robertson of his […]
MEXICO CITY — Indians remain second-class citizens across the Americas, discriminated against by their governments and unfairly harassed by authorities, Amnesty International charged Thursday.
The human rights group, which compiled a report to mark the 510th anniversary of the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, found that governments from Canada to Chile have failed to respect […]
VALDOSTA, Ga. — Three white students painted a doll black and hanged it from a schoolyard tree, prompting calls from parents and the local NAACP that the FBI should investigate the act as a hate crime.
Lowndes High School officials suspended the students for five days, calling the incident a stupid and embarrassing prank. Principal Ann […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A court approved a $1.1 million settlement Monday between a Charleston insurance company and about 30,000 policyholders who say they paid higher premiums because they are black.
Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. agreed to the settlement last year. The approval Monday ends two years of negotiation between the company and black policyholders.
The policyholders […]