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    Attack in Jackson Heights Leaves Two Transgender Women Living in Fear

    By | April 6th, 2017|Categories: Articles|

    by David Gonzalez April 2, 2017   Nayra and Gabriela don’t go out much these days, and not just because the two roommates are homebodies. When they venture outside their apartment in Queens, their hesitation

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    Suspect charged in slaying of hate-crime survivor Andrew Nesbitt

    By | April 6th, 2017|Categories: Articles|

    by Louis Weisberg April 3, 2017   A 23-year-old man has been charged with the stabbing death of Andrew G. Nesbitt in his downtown Madison apartment. Nesbitt had moved to Madison after surviving a previous

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    Rise in Hate Crimes Spurs States to Enhance Protections

    By | April 6th, 2017|Categories: Articles|

    by Nikita Biryukov April 1, 2017   Propelled by a nationwide surge in hate crimes, lawmakers in several states are working to deter potential offenders with harsher punishments. Bills in New York would, among other

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    Jewish Center Bomb Threat Suspect Is Arrested in Israel

    By | April 6th, 2017|Categories: Articles|

    by Isabel Kershner, Adam Goldman, Alan Blinder, and Richard Perez-Pena March 23, 2017   JERUSALEM — A monthslong wave of bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the United States that prompted evacuations, heightened security and

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