Supreme Court declines to hear civil-rights era KKK case
Washington - The US Supreme Court has declined to decide whether the federal statute of limitations bars the prosecution of a former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member accused of kidnapping and murdering two black teens in 1964.
Nations:U.S. Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2009-11-02
Alleged U.S. white supremacist arrested in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - When Micky Mayon fled the United States, where he faced firearms charges, the alleged member of an anti-Semitic white supremacist group chose what he might have seen as a perfect hideout -- the Jewish state.
Nations:Israel Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-14
NASCAR settles $225 million suit with ex-official
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - NASCAR has settled a $225 million lawsuit filed by a former official who said she was subjected to racial discrimination and sexual harassment during her two-plus years working for the stock-car organization. The suit was settled during a Dec. 3 mediation held in New York between Mauricia Grant and NASCAR. Settlement terms were confidential. Neither side admitted liability or wrongdoing, according to NASCAR.
Nations:U.S. Activities:NASCAR Source:(AP)
2008-12-18
Police: Woman slain as she tried to leave KKK rite
COVINGTON, La. - An Oklahoma woman invited to a rural Louisiana campsite for a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual was shot and killed after she asked to be taken back to town, the sheriff of a New Orleans suburb said Tuesday. Eight people were arrested after authorities found the woman's body hidden under some brush, on the side of a road several miles from the remote campsite where the initiation was planned.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-11
Fla. board keeps Klan leader's name at high school
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida school board voted late Monday night to keep the name of a Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader at a majority black high school, despite opposition from a black board member who said the school's namesake was a "terrorist and racist."
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-11-04
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