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New York City seeing spike in anti-gay crime, officials say

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City is seeing a spike in anti-gay attacks, with two assaults coming within days of the fatal shooting of a gay man over the weekend, the city's police commissioner said on Tuesday. Full story

Beth Israel vandalism investigated as hate crime

Vandalism at Jackson's only synagogue is being investigated as a hate crime, Jackson police officials said. Full story

Cops: Man, 71, rammed car into ‘lesbians’

   A 71-year-old man is accused of road rage and a hate crime after allegedly attacking two women in Washington that he believed were lesbians. KING’s Chris Daniels reports.

Cops: Woman set herself on fire in staged hate crime

   Investigators say the woman who claimed she was the victim of a violent racially-motivated attack fabricated the claims and actually set herself on fire. Paige Brown reports.

Serial Entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal Commits $1 Million to Stop Hate Crimes

The BeProud foundation launches with the support of Deepak Chopra, among other high-profile supporters. Full story

Bacon at Muslim gathering seen as hate crime

   Police are investigating a possible hate crime in New York where pieces of raw bacon were scattered at a Muslim gathering to mark the end of Ramadan. WNBC’s Roseanne Colletti reports.

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