8 horses killed in possible anti-gay attack

Eight horses — including one just a week old and another on the verge of giving birth — died in an Ohio fire that officials may investigate as a hate crime, according to a local newspaper. Full story

MLK Day bomb plot suspect pleads innocent to hate crimes

A reputed neo-Nazi accused of planting a backpack bomb discovered along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade pleaded not guilty on Monday to newly filed charges of committing hate crimes. Full story

Victim in US McDonald's attack alleges hate crime

A transgender woman whose brutal attack at a McDonald's restaurant in Maryland was captured on video that later went viral said Saturday she was the victim of a hate crime. Full story