US Police Look Into 'Hate Crime' After Palestinian Students Shot

Three university students of Palestinian descent were wounded Saturday in a shooting in the northeastern US city of Burlington, Vermont, in what police said appeared to be a "hate-motivated crime." The shooter, who is still on the loose, was described by police as "a white man with a handgun." "Without speaking," the police said, "he discharged at least four rounds from the pistol and is believed to have fled on foot." The incident occurred amid high tensions, and occasional violence, on college campuses and elsewhere in the United States over...