Samuel Woodward’s attorney admits his client killed a gay Jewish teen but denies it was a hate crime

Alienated, lonely and “starved for validation,” Samuel Woodward found a brief sense of acceptance in the Atomwaffen Division, which preached America’s imminent collapse and consciously targeted the ostracized and bullied…

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O.C. prosecutors aim to prove Blaze Bernstein killing a hate crime

Blaze Bernstein had been missing a week when investigators found his body buried under a thin layer of mud at Borrego Park in Lake Forest in January 2018, with 19…

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Hiltzik: Republicans hate Obamacare because they hate healthcare

Here’s a pair of handy rules of thumb to know we’re heading into a major election cycle: (1) Republican candidates start talking about the need to repeal the Affordable Care…

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Hiltzik: Why conservatives hate the Endangered Species Act

The removal of a species from the government’s endangered species list is often a cause for celebration, as it means a plant or animal variety has somehow beaten the odds…

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