Day: June 15, 2023

Nathan Carman, Vermont man accused of killing mother at sea, dies awaiting trial

6:18 pm June 15, 2023

The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England has died awaiting trial, federal authorities in Vermont said Thursday. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was scheduled to face trial in October in what prosecutors said was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars. […]

Federal judge blocks Seattle police from enforcing graffiti ban

6:17 pm June 15, 2023

A U.S. district court has ruled that Seattle must temporarily cease enforcement of property crimes with regard to graffiti. Judge Marsha Pechman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction, saying the city’s ordinance that punishes graffiti “targets speech” and “poses a real and substantial threat of censorship.” […]

PA shooter turned synagogue into ‘hunting ground,’ said ‘all these Jews need to die’: prosecutor

6:17 pm June 15, 2023

A truck driver who hated Jewish people turned a sacred house of worship into a “hunting ground” when he burst into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 congregants, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, asking jurors to return a conviction in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack. Robert Bowers is charged with 63 criminal counts, including hate […]

Obama, Tim Scott trade barbs over race in America

6:16 pm June 15, 2023

Former President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., criticized one another’s handling of race this week, with Obama claiming Republican talk of American unity falls flat. Democratic strategist David Axelrod interviewed Obama for CNN on Thursday and asked the former president what he thought of Scott’s discussions of race. Scott, meanwhile, argued […]

Georgia lawmakers split on supporting, opposing whether to reduce tax breaks

6:10 pm June 15, 2023

Georgia lawmakers began a review of state tax breaks Wednesday, with some leaders hoping to reduce breaks to lower the state’s overall income tax rate, while other officials said business tax breaks are important to recruiting industry. The Joint Tax Credit Review Panel has been years in the making, pushed for by Senate Finance Committee […]