The FBI said the suspect shouted "Free Palestine" in the fire in Boulder, Colorado. The Trump administration announced a "shadow summary" in the Supreme Court. Ukraine said it carried out a massive drone attack in Russia.
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Officials said a man shouted “Free Palestine” and used “provisional pyrotechnics” in an attack in downtown Boulder, Colorado, yesterday afternoon, injuring at least eight people.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, of El Paso County, Colorado, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one of which was "extremely indifferent" and the other was listed as "deliberation" of "ignorance-non-family-non-family-gun," the Boulder County Sheriff's Office said on a daily booking form. Soliman was also charged with one count of attempted murder, one first-degree assault, one count of serious injury to a high-risk adult or person over the age of 70, and one count of using explosives or combustion devices.
Two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that Soliman is an Egyptian national and has no major ties to law enforcement and he is not part of a specific group.
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Officials said the attack occurred during weekly demonstrations to support awareness of Israeli hostages still in Gaza. A Boulder police spokesman said four men and four women were injured between the ages of 52 and 88. Earlier on Sunday, officials said a person was in critical condition.
Authorities have not formally confirmed that anyone died as a result of the attack and there are no updates on the condition of other injured victims.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, whose mother was born in a concentration camp and whose grandparents survived the massacre, said the attack appeared to be "a hate crime given the targeted groups."
The group said the group was called Escape - Boulder sometimes held weekly demonstrations after October 7, 2023, with Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel.
One witness said she was walking along Pearl Street when the attack occurred. “I saw this fire rising.” Brooke Coffman told Denver NBC member Kusa and described two women "rolling a little" after taking off their burning clothes. Another witness said in an interview with MSNBC Arrive at the scene and helped other bystanders pour a bucket of water on the victim's burns to keep them comfortable.
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Early June marks the beginning of the Supreme Court’s month-long domination season, with the next scheduled ruling day taking place Thursday. But if it feels like the Supreme Court has fallen into trade-offs in several big cases, it's because it has.
Since January, the court has released some descriptions in 11 emergency cases related to the Trump administration, some of which call the "shadow case." For example, the Justice has allowed President Donald Trump to ban trans people from taking effect in the military and has led the government to attempt to use the Alien Enemy Act to expel alleged members of the Venezuelan gang.
At the same time, compared with previous years, the number of cases issued is relatively small. Some of the bigger decisions to note include challenges to Tennessee law that prohibits gender transition care for minors and Texas’ efforts to limit access to porn sites.
Shadow cases not only change the way the Supreme Court works. It also raises concerns about court transparency and process. Read the full story here.
Ukraine's Security Agency said it was one of the largest and boldest attacks on Russian territory in years, attacking more than 40 Russian bombers. A source with the Ukrainian Security Agency said the country targeted "41 strategic Russian aircraft" in the code "spider web" for a year, and the operation has been underway for a year and a half.
Russia did not immediately comment on the bomb, but the governor of the Irkutsk region said, "drone attacks were carried out on military forces under the settlement of sinners." Russian officials in the Rishan and Murmansk regions also reported drone activities yesterday afternoon, according to the Associated Press.
Ukraine and Russia plan to hold a second round of direct talks in Istanbul. Read the full story here.
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Denver parents Brandon and Candace spent tens of thousands of dollars moving to New Zealand in July. The reason, they say, is to protect their 9-year-old trans daughter Chase from Trump administration policies and an increasingly hostile climate to trans people in the United States.
Candace said: "I think you want to believe or indoctrinate, in America, it is the land of freedom and promise and all of this, and the right my children have been deprived of for themselves is serious."
Brandon and Candace are one of five families interviewed by journalist Jo Yurcaba Who has left or intends to leave the country Due to federal and state policies targeting trans people and their healthcare. These families describe fears of losing health care and identification documents that reflect their gender identity and increase anti-trans violence. - Brooke Sopelsaexecutive editing
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