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Moore sheriff 'absolutely' looking at hate groups in substation attack

Authorities are investigating possible links between hate groups and the attack on the power stations in Moore County.

Chelsea Donovan, WRAL reporter

Moore sheriff 'absolutely' looking at hate groups in substation attack

Flag with swastika found at temple

Boone police are looking for a person of interest after a flag with a swastika was hung on a synagogue's sign.

WXII

Rock with hate speech, threats toward children breaks window at Charlotte daycare

A rock thrown through a daycare window in north Charlotte Monday morning had a message containing hate speech attached to it, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

WCNC Charlotte

Rock with hate speech, threats toward children breaks window at Charlotte daycare

FBI involved after bomb threat at Myrtle Beach restaurant hosting drag brunch

WMBF reports the FBI is investigating a bomb threat called into a Myrtle Beach restaurant hosting a drag queen brunch.

WMBF staff

FBI involved after bomb threat at Myrtle Beach restaurant hosting drag brunch

Mass shooting at Colorado gay bar leaves five dead, dozens injured

The suspected gunman of a mass shooting at a gay bar in Colorado Springs is facing murder and hate crimes charges, two days after the attack that killed five people and wounded many others.

Arrests made in connection to beating death of 5-year-old girl

Investigators said a 10-year-old boy beat the girl to death at the Raleigh home of her half-sister's paternal grandmother, Shirletta Yolando Moore. It happened while Moore was working, investigators said.

Family wants justice for 5-year-old girl who was beaten to death. Prosecutors say a 10-year-old boy did it

Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

'She was beaten to death like a hate crime': Child accused of killing 5-year-old girl

Accused gunman who killed 10 at Buffalo grocery store planned to continue attack

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The accused gunman in the mass shooting in Buffalo had planned a prolonged massacre after attacking a Tops supermarket Saturday, according to the Buffalo police commissioner, who said that the attacker wanted "to continue his rampage."

Jesse McKinley, New York Times

Accused gunman who killed 10 at Buffalo grocery store planned to continue attack

EXPLAINER: White 'replacement theory' fuels racist attacks

A racist ideology seeping from the internet's fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black.

Joe Fisher, WRAL and DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press

EXPLAINER: White 'replacement theory' fuels racist attacks

SBI says family's house was burned down as an act of arson, family says it was racially motivated

Authorities say a fire that destroyed a Duplin County home last Wednesday was caused by an arsonist. The family who lost their home says that the crime was racially motivated

NC family claims to be targeted by arsonist due to their race

Law enforcement and the the State Bureau of Investigations are looking into a possible case of arson involving a Duplin County family's home.

By WITN Web Team

NC family claims to be targeted by arsonist due to their race

Chapel Hill community remembers three Muslims killed in hate crime

Deah Barakat, his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, were killed by neighbor 6 years ago in what prosecutors called a hate crime against Muslims. Today, the Chapel Hill community honors them.

Cary man accused of putting racial stickers in Mexican restaurants

A Cary man is charged with North Carolina's version of a hate crime after putting racial stickers on cars and in a bathroom at Mexican restaurants around town last week, police said.

Stickers prompt intimidation charges against Cary man

A Cary man is charged with North Carolina's version of a hate crime after putting racial stickers on cars and in a bathroom at Mexican restaurants around town last week, police said.

Asian Americans press lawmakers to pass hate crimes bill

Attacks on Asian Americans are on the rise in the U.S. and activists in North Carolina are calling for more protections.

Nia Harden, WRAL reporter

Asian Americans press lawmakers to pass hate crimes bill

Group calls for NC lawmakers to pass hate crimes bill amid spike in Asian American violence

One Asian American-led group in North Carolina is calling for more protection following a spike in violence across the country.

NC lawmakers announce bill to expand hate crime protections

House Democrats hold a press conference to announce House Bill 354, which increases the scope of current hate crimes protections to include gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation while creating new felony charges for assaults that are hate crimes.