Today’s Catch Up
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Ship operators involved in Baltimore bridge collapse charged with misconduct and obstruction
The Justice Department announced 18 charges Tuesday against the operators of the 100,000-plus-ton cargo ship that crashed into a Maryland bridge more than two years ago, causing it to collapse and killing six people.
Federal prosecutors said they were charging the international companies Synergy Marine Pte Ltd. and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., as well as the ship’s technical superintendent, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair. The charges included conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and misconduct or neglect of ship officers that resulted in death.
Convicted murderer shoots wife, kills man trying to intervene outside Texas plant
A convicted murderer who was out on parole shot and injured his wife and killed her co-worker who tried to intervene during a domestic incident in the parking lot of a Texas plant, according to police.
The gunman then turned the firearm on himself and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
