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BILLINGS, MONT. — BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A musician who performs with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band found a noose on a light pole over the weekend, prompting police in Montana’s largest city to investigate the case as a possible hate crime. Charles Rose, who plays trombone, says he saw the noose on a light pole a few feet from the band's tour bus in Billings when he went out to get something

According to CNN, the gunman, 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter, left his Clay County home close to noon and headed for Jacksonville. He first stopped at Edward Waters University, which is in a Black neighborhood, and put on a bulletproof vest (video footage captured him getting dressed). President and CEO of Edward Waters University, Dr. A. Zachary Faison Jr. told CNN that a student

Austin police said Monday that its investigation into a break-in at the Austin NAACP office over the weekend hasn't turned up evidence pointing to a hate crime, instead the case is being investigated as a burglary. "Based on preliminary information and the current status of the investigation, there is no evidence to suggest this is a hate crime," police said in a statement. "Our investigators

MIDWOOD, Brooklyn (WPVI) -- The stabbing death of a beloved dancer with ties to Philadelphia is now being investigated as a possible hate crime. Police said O'Shae Sibley was stabbed to death over the weekend at a Mobil gas station on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Sibley started studying dance at 14 years old in Philadelphia at Philadanco. Overnight, the company posted a