September 6 top stories
It is September 6. Here are today’s top stories.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced 22 years
Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys who organized for about 200 men to attack the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 in a bid to disrupt Congress’ counting of Electoral College votes, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on his conviction of seditious conspiracy and related charges.
Tarrio, before his sentencing, said Jan. 6 was a national embarrassment and apologized to police officers who defended the Capitol and to members of Congress who had to evacuate.
Tarrio’s sentence is the harshest out of all the Jan 6. cases so far.
The judge in the case said a stiff punishment was necessary to deter future political violence because Jan 6. cannot happen again.
AP News said Tarrio’s sentencing happened at the same courthouse in Washington, D.C. where Donald Trump will be put on trial on charges of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss.
German tennis player calls out spectator shouting Nazi phrase
On Tuesday at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City, a German player named Alexander Zverev paused his play to inform the umpire that there was a spectator who shouted a famous Hitler phrase and that it was unacceptable.
Other spectators helped security to point out who was shouting the phrase and the man got up and left the stadium.
Zverev won the match and later explained to reporters that the man was singing the anthem of Hitler that was from back in the day, “Deutschland über alles.” It means something like “Germany above all else.” The expression was banned after World War II.
At least 16 killed by missile attack in Ukrainian city
At least 16 people in Ukraine, including a child, were killed in a missile attack in Kostyantynivka, which is an eastern city that is near the front line of the war with Russia.
An image of the moment of the explosion shows that it happened on a civilian street where there are stores and cars parked. People can be seen cowering to shield themselves from the blast.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said those who died were people who did nothing wrong.
The U.S. Secretary of State Blinken is visiting the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv today and it is expected that the U.S. will provide another aid package for Ukraine.
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Judges reject Alabama congressional lines
AP News said a panel of federal judges blocked Alabama’s new congressional lines because there was no second district where there was a majority of Black voters.
The court had previously ordered lawmakers in Alabama to create a second majority-Black district or something close to it.
The court said it was deeply troubled by the failure and has ordered a court-appointed special master to submit three proposed new maps by September 25.
Alabama has seven districts and only one district has a Black majority. This is considered a violation of the U.S. Voting Rights Act. 27% of the state’s residents are Black.
Surgical tool discovered in woman’s abdomen after procedure
ABC News reported that a woman from New Zealand who underwent a Caesarean section to give birth to a child unknowingly had a surgical tool the size of a dinner plate in her abdomen for 18 months.
The surgical tool is called an Alexis wound retractor (AWR). Its purpose is to draw back the edges of a wound during surgery. After the birth, the woman experienced chronic abdominal pain and a CT scan revealed the problem.
An investigation found that what happened is that the medical team initially used an AWR that was considered too small so it was replaced with a larger AWR. The medical team didn’t take note that there were two AWRs in the room.
A health official said they acknowledge the “stress that these events caused to the woman and her family…”
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/sports/us-open-fan-zverev-hitler-phrase.html