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Suspect charged with killing 8 in Atlanta-area shootings that targeted Asian-run spas Tim Craig, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Paulina Firozi and Griff Witte, The Washington Post March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ACWORTH, Ga. - Police on Wednesday charged a 21-year-old man with murder, a day after eight people were shot dead at three Asian spas in and around Atlanta in a killing spree that sharply amplified fears among Asian Americans over a nationwide surge in hate crimes and bigoted rhetoric. Authorities said Robert Aaron Long had confessed to the killings and had told investigators he had "a se...

FacebookTwitterEmail Police officers are seen outside a massage parlor where three people were shot and killed on March 16, 2021, in Atlanta, Georgia. - Eight people were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia on March 16, police and local media reported. It is "extremely likely" that the same suspect was involved in all three deadly shootings at spas in the US state of Georgia, police told AFP Tuesday. The suspect, named as 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, is in police custody in the violence that reportedly killed eight people. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)...

A coalition tracking reports of racism and discrimination against Asian Americans says it has received at least 3,795 firsthand complaints since last year. Stop AAPI Hate began tracking violence and harassment against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on March 19 last year. From then through the end of 2020, Stop AAPI Hate received a total of 3,292 complaints from all 50 states and Washington, DC, according to a Stop AAPI Hate news release. The coalition, which had previously reported a lower number of complaints for 2020, said some incidents that took place in 2020 were not reported unt...

Since last March, Asian-Americans have been verbally and physically targeted with greater...

Amid the rise of anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic, there are renewed discussions about how the U.S. perceives Asian Americans