Day: July 6, 2023

Iowa teen who admitted to helping killing teacher with baseball bat set to be sentenced

11:39 am July 6, 2023

The first of two Iowa teenagers who pleaded guilty to beating their high school Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat will be sentenced Thursday morning. Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale pleaded guilty in April to the 2021 attack on Nohema Graber in a park where the 66-year-old teacher regularly walked after school. Prosecutors […]

Vermont agrees to pay $16.5 million to settle Jay Peak resort fraud lawsuits from foreign investors

11:37 am July 6, 2023

The state of Vermont has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle all pending and potential lawsuits from foreign investors in development projects at the Jay Peak resort, the ski area that was shaken by a massive fraud case involving its former owner and president, officials said Wednesday. In 2016, the federal Securities and Exchange […]

Elon Musk trains with UFC legend Georges St Pierre, comes to ‘obvious conclusion’

11:14 am July 6, 2023

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter and Tesla among other top companies, has been in the gym training and staying sharp just in case the reported fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg comes to fruition. However, Musk admitted on Monday he might have to do a lot more work to make it to a mixed […]

Yusef Salaam, exonerated member of the ‘Central Park Five,’ wins Democratic primary for seat on NYC council

11:05 am July 6, 2023

Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic primary for a seat on the New York City Council, all but assuring him of eventual victory. It’s an improbable feat for a political novice who was wrongly accused, convicted and imprisoned as a teenager for the rape and beating of a […]

Drinking water from half of the faucets in the US likely contains ‘forever chemicals,’ according to study

11:04 am July 6, 2023

Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds known collectively as PFAS are contaminating drinking water to varying extents in large cities and small towns — and in private wells and public systems, […]