LGBT activists say uptick in attacks linked to increased inflammatory rhetoric against gay community

Bodies recovered late Saturday from locked house in eastern Punjab province; police not yet certain of motive

Jewish religious bathers, who shun immodest dress in the presence of men, expected to join judicial review challenge against the City of London’s decision on Hampstead Heath site

Osher Band, 15, hospitalized after being attacked at school; rabbis say they are 'shocked and pained' to hear of her treatment