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Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 25 November 2013

Civil rights activists are calling on prosecutors to file felony hate-crime charges against four white students accused of harassing a black student at San Jose State University.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 25 November 2013

Civil rights activists are calling on prosecutors to file felony hate-crime charges against four white students accused of harassing a black student at San Jose State University.

Details: Written by Helen Silvis; Published: 23 November 2013

The Southern Poverty Law Center is distributing a video on white supremacist prison gangs to police and corrections departments across the country.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 20 November 2013

New York City is giving 17 major retail stores until Friday to submit information on how they've dealt with shoppers suspected of stealing.

Details: Written by Henry C. Jackson Associated Press; Published: 20 November 2013

In a ceremony Wednesday, congressional leaders formally awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to American Indians known as code talkers honoring the service of 33 tribes.

Details: Written by By Jamie Crawford CNN National Security Producer; Published: 15 November 2013

The United States has a reward of up to $10 million on the table for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in the deadly terror attack last year on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya

Details: Written by By Evan Perez CNN Justice Department Reporter; Published: 15 November 2013

The CIA is collecting bulk records on international money transfers, using the same Patriot Act legal authority that has become the center of controversy in U.S. surveillance programs.

Details: Written by By Jason Hanna and Leigh Remizowski CNN; Published: 15 November 2013

A Detroit-area man was charged with murder Friday in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman on his porch.

Details: Written by Mario Diaz; Published: 15 November 2013

New York City, NY (WPIX) -- For the second time in a decade, Macy's is the defendant in a federal class action lawsuit over "stop-and-frisk" racial-profiling allegations.

Details: Written by CNN; Published: 11 November 2013

Jonathan Martin sent text saying he would "murder your whole F-ing family," Incognito says

Suspended NFL player Richie Incognito said his alleged bullying of Miami Dolphin teammate Jonathan Martin is misunderstood because "people don't know how Jon and I communicate to one another."

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