Day: June 21, 2023

Ex-Augusta city commissioner sentenced to prison for destroying records in investigation

11:12 pm June 21, 2023

A former Augusta city commissioner was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison after he was convicted of destroying records and lying about it to investigators. Sammie Lee Sias, 68, had his punishment handed down by a U.S. District Court judge nearly a year after a jury him guilty last July. Sias was serving […]

Biden administration moves to restore endangered species protections dropped by Trump

11:10 pm June 21, 2023

The Biden administration proposed bringing back rules to protect imperiled plants and animals on Wednesday as officials moved to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it would reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened. […]

Trio get 100+ years for killing ex-defensive lineman, ‘Mr. Indianapolis’ Chris Beaty during Floyd riot

11:07 pm June 21, 2023

A judge Wednesday sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd’s murder. Marcus Anderson and Alijah Jones each were sentenced to 164 years in prison and Nakeyah Shields received a 108-year sentence […]

Florida community ordered to quarantine due to invasion of giant African land snails

10:17 pm June 21, 2023

An invasive species of mollusk with no natural predators has forced the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDCAS) to issue a quarantine order for a community in Broward County, Florida. Officials announced that several square miles of the city of Miramar, a Miami suburb, would be under quarantine as officials attempt to eradicate […]

‘The Passion’ star Jim Caviezel claims anti-Christian bigotry is ‘most accepted form of bigotry in the world’

10:15 pm June 21, 2023

Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” recently declared that bigotry towards Christians is the “most accepted form of bigotry in the world.” Caviezel, whose new film “Sound of Freedom” comes out on July 4th, made his comments during an interview on Christian podcast “Prophets and […]