June 14 top stories
It is June 14. Here are today’s top stories.
Wind and solar energy outpacing coal this year
According to federal data, wind and solar energy outpaced coal during the first five months of this year. Wind and solar accounted for 252 million megawatt hours of electricity, while coal accounted for 249 million. It is the first time that renewable energy has outpaced coal.
Natural gas is the largest source of electricity in the U.S. with about 600 million megawatt hours. A news report explained that lower natural gas prices contributed to squeezing coal out of the market.
Vegas Golden Knights win Stanley Cup
The Vegas Golden Knights won the first Stanley Cup in team history last night by defeating the Florida Panthers in Game 5.
Jonathan Marchessault was selected as the playoff MVP.
The team was founded in 2017 so it is a quick path to success for the Golden Knights.
Three killed in Nottingham attacks
On Tuesday, three people in Nottingham, England were stabbed to death and police have arrested a 31-year-old suspect who is accused of carrying out knife and van attacks across the city.
Two of the victims were both 19-year-old students at the University of Nottingham, Grace Kumar and Barnaby Webber.
The third victim was a 65-year-old man who was found dead on a road, Ian Coates.
The suspect is also accused of stealing Coates’ van and plowing it into three people, injuring them.
Sky News showed a video of what seems to be the suspect trying to climb into a shelter for homeless people. He was pushed away by someone inside.
Eventually, police found the suspect and tasered him while he was holding a knife. He was arrested and charged with murder.
His identity has not been revealed at the time of signing this news. BBC reported that he is originally from West Africa but had been in the UK for many years and that he has a history of mental health issues.
Belarus receiving nuclear weapons from Russia
Belarusian President Lukashenko said he has received nuclear weapons from Russia and would place them in storage facilities.
Russian President Putin said Russia would maintain control of its nuclear weapons.
Belarus has allowed Russia to use the country to send invading soldiers into Ukraine in the past. Belarus is a neighbor to three NATO countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
The U.S. criticized the idea of nuclear weapons being delivered but said they have not seen any signs that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon.
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Carroll allowed to amend lawsuit against Trump
On Tuesday, a federal judge in New York said E. Jean Carroll, who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump in May, can now amend her case by pursuing $10 million after Trump continued to make statements that Carroll was lying.
In 2019, Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s. Trump said she was a liar. Carroll then sued him in a federal civil court. A jury found that Trump sexually assaulted her but not that he raped her, and that he defamed her. The award was $5 million.
Now this case is escalating because Trump is continuing to make remarks that Carroll is lying.
Ecuador woman wakes up during funeral
In Ecuador, during a funeral for a 76-year-old woman named Bella Yolanda Montoya Castro, her family became shocked when they realized that she was still alive.
Her son said during her wake, he heard knocking from the coffin. He lifted up the coffin and saw that her mother was moving and that her heart was pounding. She was taken to a hospital and is in serious condition.
Ecuadorian authorities said before the funeral, Montoya was declared dead at a hospital after she was admitted with symptoms of a stroke and did not respond to doctors. There is now an investigation into how the hospital could have made this mistake.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://wvpublic.org/wind-solar-outpaced-coal-in-first-five-months-of-year-data-show/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/uk/nottingham-deaths-intl-gbr/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2023/jun/14/nottingham-attacks-police-latest-news-updates
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65890403
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/13/americas/ecuador-woman-alive-in-coffin-scli-intl/index.html
https://news.yahoo.com/woman-declared-dead-ecuador-revives-194201133.html