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About Morning Rush With Alex Livingston
Be informed, not influenced with Newsy's quick coverage on this morning's top stories.
New York subway gunman sentenced to life in prison
... The gunman set off a smoke bomb on the crowded subway and fired his handgun 32 times during the Morning Rush hour on a Manhattan-bound N train in April...
South Korea: 'Protesting for 20 years and still no equal rights'
... For the past year, Kyoung-seok and fellow activists have been protesting during the Morning Rush hour, blocking entry to the trains and disrupting major lines...
Gare du Nord: Six people injured in knife attack
... The incident caused major delays to trains at the station in the early Morning Rush, with police cordoning off the station and setting up large white curtains around the attack scene...
Haiti: Inside the capital city taken hostage by brutal gangs
... Morning Rush hour - between 0600 and 0900 - is peak kidnapping time...
Ukraine war: Zelensky calls for more sanctions after 'new wave of terror'
... Civilian areas including a popular park and children s playground were hit during the Morning Rush hour...
Ukraine war: US condemns 'brutal' Russian strikes on Ukraine
... Russian missiles began hitting targets across Ukraine around the Morning Rush hour on Monday, in the most widespread bombardment of the war...
Chatteris: The town to be scrubbed from the bus route map
... It is just after 09:00 BST and the Morning Rush is on...
Rail Strike: How Wales will be affected by the walkout
... Those direct will be one an hour, and not the usual two, with the first service leaving each terminus halfway through the usual Morning Rush hour...
New York subway gunman sentenced to life in prison
By Nadine YousifBBC News
A man who set off smoke bombs in a crowded New York subway carriage before shooting 10 people has been sentenced to 10 concurrent life terms in prison.
Frank James , 64, had pleaded guilty in January to 10 counts of terrorism, one for each person shot, in the 12 April 2022 attack.
Prosecutors said he planned The Attack for years to inflict maximum damage.
All The Victims survived but " were left with long-lasting physical and psychological damage".
According to reporters inside the courtroom on Thursday, one of The Victims addressed James and said: " You did something terribly evil. Your mother would be ashamed. "
The Gunman was given 10 life sentences for each person that was shot and wounded, plus 10 additional years on a weapons charge, by US District Court Judge WIlliam Kuntz.
The Gunman set off a smoke bomb on the crowded subway and fired his handgun 32 times during the Morning Rush hour on a Manhattan-bound N train in April. 2022. He only stopped when The Gun jammed.
Ten people were wounded in The Gun attack and 13 others were injured from smoke-related injuries, according to police.
Following the sentencing, Breon Peace, the US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York said " justice has been served".
" The Daily Life Blood of NYC is in its transit systems" where commuters often " feel a sense of safety, " Mr Peace said.
" Frank James attempted to Take That sense of safety away and inject fear and chaos into The Heart of The City . "
Following The Shooting , nearby schools were sent into lockdown amid widespread fear as police initiated a manhunt to catch James.
Nearly 30 hours after The Shooting , James called in a tip on himself to police, saying he was at a McDonalds on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
He was eventually arrested without incident.
Lawyers for James had asked for an 18-year prison sentence, arguing that he suffered from a serious mental illness and that he did not intend to kill anyone.
" In A Society where, sadly, we learn nearly Every Day that mass shooters who intend to kill readily achieve their goals, it is far more likely that James lacked that specific intent than that he simply failed in his mission, " his lawyer, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, wrote in a memo to court.
In Court , James said the attacks he carried out were " cowardly acts of senseless violence".
He also described his struggles with mental illness, and said the discrimination and prejudice he has faced had influenced his actions.
But Judge Kuntz dismissed his justifications.
" Yes, we have issues with guns and mental illness and racism, " The Judge said, " but only One Man took it upon himself to get on that subway car. "
Prosecutors said James had carefully planned The Attack and scouted out the location weeks before and did practice runs. He also purchased smoke bombs and disguises ahead of time.
On The Day of The Attack , James disguised himself as a Construction Worker and launched The Attack while The Train was In Between stations.
Mr Peace said The Victims " had nowhere to run".
" We can only imagine The Terror that The Passengers in that car experienced that morning, " He Said .
While there were no fatalities, The Attack was one of The Most violent ever seen on New York 's subway system.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
