Friday, August 9, 2024

20-year-sentence handed down to U.S. Capitol rioter David Nicholas Dempsey

FBI and ATF law enforcement officers work to push out rioters from the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/capitol-rioter-dempsey-20-year-sentence-1.7290567?cmp=rss

Plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil's Sao Paulo state

A frame grab from video shows fire resulting from a plane crash in Vinhedo, in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, on Friday.

A plane with 62 people aboard crashed in a fiery wreck in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state Friday, the airline said, with local officials reporting that everyone on board the plane had been killed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-plane-crash-1.7290470?cmp=rss

3rd teen arrested over foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

A woman stands in front of a microphone holding a guitar.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/taylor-swift-terror-plot-third-arrest-1.7289726?cmp=rss

Chi Chi Rodriguez, Hall of Fame golfer known for antics on the greens, dies at 88

A golfer on the green.

Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport's most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/golf/chi-chi-rodriguez-obit-2024-aug-9-1.7289718?cmp=rss