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Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some establishments to close their doors from Miami Beach to Florida’s Panhandle

Police have arrested seven rioters in The Hague after youths set fires in streets and threw fireworks at officers

After a string of violence in recent weeks, residents in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury neighborhood are looking for answers, and officers with the SFPD met with locals Wednesday morning as part of the agency’s Coffee with Cops event.

After a string of violence in recent weeks, residents in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury neighborhood are looking for answers, and officers with the SFPD met with locals Wednesday morning as part of the agency’s Coffee with Cops event. Cierra Johnson reports.

Oakland activists and community members are mourning the death of a well-known local activist who was killed in a home invasion, and the police chief is now calling on help in the wake of the deadliest month of the year in the East Bay’s largest city. Bob Redell reports.

Evacuations from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport picked up pace on Wednesday after a frenzied and deadly start to the week.

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong plans to announce a new initiative Wednesday to combat violent crime in the city as an alarming number of lives have been lost. Cierra Johnson reports.

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong plans to announce a new initiative Wednesday to combat violent crime in the city as an alarming number of lives have been lost.

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong plans to announce a new initiative Wednesday to combat violent crime in the city as an alarming number of lives have been lost. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Authorities say a driver in a pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona, critically injuring several riders

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.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near San Francisco City Hall to call for an end to anti-Asian racism and violence and show solidarity with the AAPI community. Cierra Johnson reports.

The Asian American community and its allies spoke out in San Jose Sunday during a rally in which organizers demanded an end to the violence and the racism. Cierra Johnson reports.

“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.”

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.

The movement to stop attacks against Asians across America is growing. Amanda Nguyen, a powerful voice behind the movement, speaks with NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang.

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