Day: October 5, 2023

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signs $1 billion tax relief package

4:14 pm October 5, 2023

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a tax relief package Wednesday that is designed to deliver $561 million in reductions to taxpayers and companies during the current fiscal year through a slew of credits and other measures aimed at lowering tax burdens. The package — which will top $1 billion in tax relief by the 2027 […]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law raising amount of minimum sick days by 2

4:13 pm October 5, 2023

Workers in California will soon receive a minimum of five days of paid sick leave annually, instead of three, under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wednesday. The law, which takes effect in January, also increases the amount of sick leave workers can carry over into the following year. Newsom said it demonstrates that […]

Brooklyn subway mass shooter who injured 10 to be sentenced Thursday

4:12 pm October 5, 2023

A man who sprayed the inside of a New York City subway train with gunfire and then slipped away in a stunned crowd is set to be sentenced Thursday in the morning rush-hour attack, which wounded 10 people and set off a citywide manhunt. Frank James, 64, pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in the April […]

US Army identifies 2 soldiers killed after transport vehicle flips in Alaska training area

3:01 pm October 5, 2023

Two U.S. soldiers killed when their transport vehicle flipped in a training area outside Salcha, Alaska, earlier this week have been publicly identified. Spc. Brian Joshua Snowden, 22, and Spc. Jeremy Daniel Evans, 23, died in Monday’s vehicle accident in the Yukon Training Area, Fort Wainwright announced Wednesday on Facebook. Both soldiers served in the […]

Pentagon official with security clearance charged with running dogfighting ring

3:00 pm October 5, 2023

A senior Defense Department official was arrested in Maryland last week on allegations of facilitating a dog fighting ring for more than 20 years, more than half the time he worked at the Pentagon and held a security clearance. Frederick Moorefield, 62, was arrested on Thursday and served as Deputy Chief information officer for command, […]