-
3 young Palestinian men were shot in Vt. Their families thought the US would be safer
Far away from the war in Gaza, three Palestinian college students were enjoying their Thanksgiving break in Vermont, celebrating not just the holiday but a pair of family birthdays. “If you’re in college, who wants to go to an 8-year-old’s birthday party? But these three guys did,” said Rich Price, who hosted his nephew and two friends for the...
-
Brookline synagogue on alert after bomb threat described by police as swatting incident
A synagogue in Brookline, Massachusetts, is on alert after a man called police and claimed to have placed bombs in what authorities are calling a swatting incident. Terrifying 911 audio shared by the Brookline Police Department depicts the moments on the evening of Aug. 18 when the caller told police he had put two pressure cooker bombs at Temple Beth…
-
Quincy Driver Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charge in Racist Attack
A federal grand jury has indicted a Massachusetts man accused in a racist attack late last year on a hate crime charge. The office of U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said Wednesday that 77-year-old John Sullivan had been charged with violating the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act on Dec. 2, when he is accused of intentionally hitting an Asian man with…
-
‘It Was Sickening': Woman Caught on Cam Committing Hate Crime Against Black Congressional Candidate
Cape May County authorities say they’re investigating a hate crime in which a woman was caught on camera hanging stuffed animals with nooses above a campaign sign for Tim Alexander, a Black Congressional candidate on Election Day. NBC10’s Ted Greenberg spoke with Alexander about the incident.