(AP) – A federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case didn’t adequately screen jurors for potential biases. The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ordered a new penalty-phase trial on whether the 27-year-old should be executed. Tsarnaev’s…
RICHMOND, VA (AP) – Dominion Energy has announced a reorganized executive leadership team, including a new CEO. The Richmond, Virginia-based energy company said Friday that current chairman, president and CEO Thomas Farrell II will become the company’s executive chair, effective Oct. 1. In that role, Farrell will continue to serve as chair of the Board of Directors. The company said…
(Associated Press) –PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island mistakenly sent more than 175 tax refund checks signed by Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse, rather than the state treasurer and controller. The Rhode Island Division of Taxation uses the signatures on test files, which were mistakenly printed on the real checks and sent out on Monday, a spokesperson told WPRI-TV. “No other…
Santee Cooper will freeze utility rates for next four years.
The sideline area college football teams use to congregate will be extended by 20 yards this season and only one captain from each team will be permitted to participate in the pregame or overtime coin toss.
The Panthers have decided to keep Joey Slye as their kicker and release veteran Graham Gano, who missed all of last season with a knee injury.
The NCAA announced Thursday college athletes in all sports will be permitted to wear patches on their uniforms to support social justice issues.
Two residents of the Florida Keys have been jailed for failing to quarantine after testing positive for the new coronavirus.
Now it comes down to the Masters to determine if any of golf’s majors will have fans this year.
A Georgia sheriff’s office is thanking a group of inmates credited with rescuing a deputy who collapsed and suffered a head injury while supervising a jail housing unit.
