Pittsburgh jury condemns Tree of Life synagogue killer to death
Reuters A federal jury on Wednesday voted to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. In June, the jury found Bowers, 50, guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes in a trial held at the US District Court […]
Pittsburgh synagogue attacker found guilty of hate crimes, could face death
Reuters A jury on Friday found Robert Bowers guilty of dozens of federal hate crimes for the killing of 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history. Bowers, 50, now faces the penalty phase of his trial at the US District Court in Pittsburgh in which […]
Charles Henry Pace: Pioneer of Gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh archives
JESSIE WARDARSKI, of Associated Press, reports on efforts to cement the place of African American composer Charles Henry Pace in the history of Gospel music in the US…
Postcards: Lenten fish fries roar back Pittsburgh post-COVID – with a new app
TED ANTHONY, of Associated Press, reports on the creation of a new interactive map capitalising on a Lenten tradition in the US city…
Wow!: US cities swap dead trees for new in circular economy for forests
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how US cities are working to mitigate the loss of urban trees…
In the US, Syrian refugee pleads guilty in IS-inspired church bomb plot
Pittsburgh AP A Syrian refugee accused of plotting to bomb a Christian church in Pittsburgh and who was inspired by the Islamic State group pleaded guilty to a federal charge on Thursday and awaits sentencing. Pittsburgh resident Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 23, entered the plea to attempting to provide material support and resources to the Islamic […]
US lawsuit: NRA’s rhetoric spurred deadly synagogue shooting
PittsburghAP The son of a couple killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue attack that killed 11 worshippers is suing the National Rifle Association, arguing the group’s inflammatory rhetoric led to the violence. Marc Simon, the son of Sylvan and Bernice Simon, filed the wrongful death lawsuit Thursday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court against the NRA, […]
Tom Hanks, Joanne Rogers to raise money to rebuild Tree of Life Synagogue site
RNS The Jewish congregation that once gathered in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighbourhood is inching forward with a plan to repurpose its building, two years after an attacker shot and killed 11 Jews in an anti-Semitic rampage. On Wednesday, the congregation named a raft of celebrities who have signed on […]
Postcards: Attack, then pandemic – Pittsburgh Jewish congregations cope
Two years after 11 worshippers were killed when an anti-Semitic gunman opened fire at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, DAVID CRARY, of the Associated Press, reports on how the three congregations which shared that space have fared…
In US state of Pennsylvania, slew of church abuse lawsuits hinges on state court decision
Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaAP Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses have been hit with about 150 lawsuits from people who say they were sexually abused as children by priests and hope a state court decision last year has shown a way around time limits for legal claims. Lawyers involved in the litigation say they were still getting notified about […]