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You are subscribed to Civil Rights news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. New York Man Sentenced for Firearm and Religious Hate Crimes Involving the Firing of Shots Outside of Temple Israel in Albany 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for conspiring to illegally straw purchase a firearm, obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs with a dangerous weapon, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Justice Department Finds Suffolk County Police Department in Substantial Compliance with 2014 Agreement 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT The Justice Department announced today the successful completion of an agreement between Suffolk County, New York, Police Department (SCPD) and the Department of Justice. Entered into in 2014, the agreement called for SCPD to improve bias-free policing, increase community engagement, and develop additional policies and training, among other things. With support from the Justice Department, as set forth in a report issued today, SCPD has now achieved sustained substantial compliance with all of the agreement's terms. Metro Nashville Public Schools Agrees to Settle Allegations It Violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by Discriminating Against Students with Type 1 Diabetes and to Modify Policies for Students with Type 1 Diabetes 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT Recidivist Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Four Victims 08/12/2025 08:00 AM EDT BOSTON – A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for sex trafficking four separate female victims.

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