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Thursday, June 25, 2015
First Drip First Drip (6/25/15): Burning of black church said to be intentional
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:55 AM
Fire officials have announced they believe the fire at Briar Creek Baptist Church early Wednesday morning was set intentionally. The three-alarm fire did $250,000 in damage, mostly to the educational and office buildings of the church. Law enforcement officials have activated a task force to investigate motives and suspects in the arson of the majority black church.
Duke Energy announced Tuesday that it plans to close 12 more coal ash ponds, which would leave the power utility with 12 remaining ponds of the 36 it once kept in North Carolina. Last year, state legislators gave Duke until 2029 to have all of its coal ash ponds closed. The remaining 12 ponds hold 70 percent of the 108 million tons of coal ash held in North Carolina ponds. Authorities and environmental groups have found groundwater contamination and hundreds of leaks surrounding the North Carolina ponds.
Residents all around Charlotte could see the smoke from a five-alarm fire that broke out at a recycling plant near Uptown on Wednesday afternoon. More than 150 firefighters responded to the fire, which investigators say started when a spark from a machine landed in a pile of paper and cardboard. More than a dozen firefighters were treated for heat-related injuries, and one was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Crews worked overnight to extinguish hotspots at the scene on Chamberlain Avenue.
Police believe an unknown suspect fired at least two gunshots at a bus full of summer school students on Wednesday afternoon. The bus driver said he heard gunshots shortly after leaving Olympic High School to drop students off, and found two bullet holes in the bus about an hour later after dropping off the last child. Police believe the shots were fired near Sandy Porter Road near West Arrowood Road.
The United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to uphold federal subsidies for Obamacare on Thursday in a case that would have affected millions of Americans. The justices said the federal subsidies received by 8.7 million Americans, many of which couldn't afford health insurance without them, do not depend on the person's location and are constitutional. The decision in King v. Burwell is the second big win for Obamacare in the Supreme Court. In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not destroy them."
Duke Energy announced Tuesday that it plans to close 12 more coal ash ponds, which would leave the power utility with 12 remaining ponds of the 36 it once kept in North Carolina. Last year, state legislators gave Duke until 2029 to have all of its coal ash ponds closed. The remaining 12 ponds hold 70 percent of the 108 million tons of coal ash held in North Carolina ponds. Authorities and environmental groups have found groundwater contamination and hundreds of leaks surrounding the North Carolina ponds.
Residents all around Charlotte could see the smoke from a five-alarm fire that broke out at a recycling plant near Uptown on Wednesday afternoon. More than 150 firefighters responded to the fire, which investigators say started when a spark from a machine landed in a pile of paper and cardboard. More than a dozen firefighters were treated for heat-related injuries, and one was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Crews worked overnight to extinguish hotspots at the scene on Chamberlain Avenue.
Police believe an unknown suspect fired at least two gunshots at a bus full of summer school students on Wednesday afternoon. The bus driver said he heard gunshots shortly after leaving Olympic High School to drop students off, and found two bullet holes in the bus about an hour later after dropping off the last child. Police believe the shots were fired near Sandy Porter Road near West Arrowood Road.
The United States Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 to uphold federal subsidies for Obamacare on Thursday in a case that would have affected millions of Americans. The justices said the federal subsidies received by 8.7 million Americans, many of which couldn't afford health insurance without them, do not depend on the person's location and are constitutional. The decision in King v. Burwell is the second big win for Obamacare in the Supreme Court. In the decision, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not destroy them."
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