News Wrap: Man accused of targeting Shapiro charged with attempted homicide and terrorism
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🗓️ 14 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | We begin the day's other headlines with new details about the man accused of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor's mansion on Sunday. |
| 0:08.5 | 38-year-old Cody Balmer has been charged with arson, attempted homicide, and terrorism. |
| 0:14.3 | Court documents say he jumped over a fence to gain entry, used handmade Molotov cocktails to set the mansion on fire, and planned to |
| 0:23.0 | beat Governor Josh Shapiro with a hammer if he ever found him. Shapiro and his family were safely |
| 0:29.1 | evacuated. No one was injured. Authorities have not stated a motive for the attack. Shapiro said he |
| 0:35.5 | and his family celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover |
| 0:38.5 | just hours before in the same room that was set ablaze. Unsealed federal court documents |
| 0:45.4 | reveal that a Wisconsin teenager arrested last month for killing his parents did so to take |
| 0:51.7 | their money and carry out a plot to assassinate President Trump. |
| 0:55.8 | The documents further said the suspect identified with a satanic neo-Nazi terror network. |
| 1:02.0 | He wrote a three-page anti-Semitic manifesto that praised Adolf Hitler. |
| 1:07.0 | He bought a drone and explosives which authorities allege he planned to use in an attack. |
| 1:12.7 | The teen shared that plan with others, including a Russian speaker, and intended to flee to Ukraine. |
| 1:19.2 | The FAA says the tour company whose sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City last week is shutting down effective immediately. |
| 1:28.6 | The chopper from New York helicopter tours broke apart in midair, killing a family of five |
| 1:35.3 | Spanish tourists and the pilot. The FAA also said it would review the tour company's |
| 1:40.7 | operating license and safety record. In total, five sightseeing helicopters |
| 1:45.8 | have crashed into New York City's rivers in the past two decades. They remain a popular |
| 1:51.0 | tourist draw. Turning overseas, former South Korean President Yun Sukul denied criminal charges |
| 1:57.8 | that he led an insurrection when he declared martial law late last year. |
| 2:02.4 | He was ousted from office just 10 days ago for that short-lived martial law attempt. |
| 2:07.9 | Today, Yun told the court that martial law is not a coup d'etat. |
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