Hate Crimes

Years before Thompson allegedly sent bomb threats to Jewish institutions, he surrounded himself with Jewish friends and had a Jewish girlfriend.

Thompson once wrote for "The Intercept," which later said it had "discovered a pattern of deception" in his work.

Hate groups are flourishing in liberal California, fueled in part by Donald Trump's election. But the Golden State is no stranger to separatism, bias incidents and extremism.

The threats, all of which appeared to be hoaxes, were received in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Vandals knocked over more than 500 tombstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery, days after a similar incident occurred at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis.

Court documents identified the gunman in the attack on Sunday evening prayers as Alexandre Bissonnette. He was also charged with five counts of attempted murder, according to court papers.

"Trump is here now. He will get rid of all of you," the accused allegedly said to the victim.

As they spoke, several family members asked Roof to look at them. He did not.

Jury condemns white supremacist Dylann Roof to death for the hate-fueled killings of nine black parishioners at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015.

Roof, a 22-year-old white supremacist who is representing himself, did not ask the jury to spare his life for the 2015 massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.

Eight key questions for Trump's attorney general pick.

"There's nothing wrong with me psychologically," Roof told the jury, making no mention of the crime or the racist ideology prosecutors have said spurred the 2015 massacre.

Judge said he would hold a second competency hearing "in an abundance of caution" after Roof's standby lawyers filed a motion about his mental fitness to stand trial.

Seweid faces two misdemeanor charges after admitting to lying about a hate crime.

Dylann Roof guilty of federal hate crimes resulting in the deaths of nine black parishioners.

With rising tensions and attacks toward refugees in Greece, what can be done?

California is where the largest number of hate incidents have been reported.