SNAPSHOTS

Bias crimes: The death of transgender woman Islan Nettleson on a New York City street last week was ruled a homicide Friday as hate crimes task force detectives try to determine if it’s the latest in a spate of bias attacks to hit the city this year.

Iraq violence: A suicide bomber attacked a park in northern Baghdad Friday night, the bloodiest attack in a day of violence that killed at least 36 people across Iraq, authorities said.