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Soldiers and police in Myanmar used lethal force to suppress the latest protests against last month’s coup as the military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day with a parade in the country’s capital Saturday.

“Hate and violence often hide in plain sight,” President Joe Biden said Friday. “It’s often met with silence. That’s been true throughout our history. But that has to change because our silence is complicity. We cannot be complicit.”

Chicago’s Asian community has concerns that recent violence against people of Asian descent around the country could happen here, especially after the Atlanta shooting spree. Chicago police are stepping up patrols to keep everyone safe, but is that enough? NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Testifying before a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on anti-Asian violence on Thursday, actor Daniel Dae Kim called on Congress to take action. “What happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to whether we matter,” he said.

President Joe Biden on Thursday denounced the “vicious hate crimes” against Asian Americans across the country. “[They’ve been] attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated,” Biden said. “It’s wrong, it’s un-American, and it must stop.”

Asian American lawmakers, along with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats, denounced on Friday a rise in hate incidents targeting members of the Asian community across the country and called for stronger action — both by Congress and the Biden administration.

While the pandemic’s long-lasting impact has affected public health and the economy, the Asian-American community has also experienced the fallout of COVID-19 – being unfairly blamed for the pandemic and becoming the target of discrimination and violence.

Killings rose dramatically across the U.S. last year, and a study suggests that the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice unrest were factors

After Wisconsin protests over Jacob Blake’s shooting by police turned deadly last month, a new lawsuit filed by witnesses and loved ones of victims claims Facebook provided an outlet for groups to “organize and further their conspiracy.”

For months, the nationwide protests against racial injustice and COVID-19 lockdown orders have attracted all kinds of extremists using online platforms to plan, coordinate and drum up support for their activities

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Wednesday discussed the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Exhausted American cities are facing yet another challenge in addition to the coronavirus and the street protests over the police killing of George Floyd.

At a news conference Saturday evening, Chicago Police Department Chief of Operations Fred Waller called for violence ending children to end. Two children,a 1-year-old and 3-year-old, were fatally shot within one week in Chicago.

The Justice Department is urging U.S. attorneys nationwide to use federal courts — where more serious charges are available — to prosecute people suspected of violence or property damage during the protests over George Floyd’s death....

Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that federal agents have arrested 51 people for acts of violence since the protests began. The U.S. Marshals service...

Amid reports of damage, unrest and shootings in Cicero, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police were called to assist local law enforcement.

The Chicago Police Department announced a new public safety strategy to mark the start of the long Memorial Day weekend. The department joined other city agencies “to announce an all-hands-on-deck public safety strategy in preparation for Memorial Day weekend” as the city remains under a stay-at-home order. “This memorial day will look and feel very different,” CPD Supt. David Brown…

Nine people have sustained injuries in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, police said. In one incident, six people were shot early Saturday morning in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the city’s South Side. The shooting was reported at 4:37 a.m. in the 900 block of East 79th Street, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. After an…

At least two people have died and five others have sustained injuries in shootings across the city of Chicago this weekend, according to police. In the city’s first deadly shooting of the weekend, a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed at approximately 5:04 p.m. Friday in the 7200 block of South Aberdeen, police said. An unknown suspect approached the victim…

At least four people have died and 33 others have sustained injuries in shootings across the city of Chicago so far this weekend, police said. Chicago police say that at least 13 people, including a person of interest, were hurt in a shooting at an Englewood house party early Sunday morning. At approximately 12:35 a.m., two individuals opened fire at…

Chicago police detail what happened when 13 people were shot at a house party in the city’s Englewood neighborhood.