Suspect charged with federal hate crime in Boulder attack
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🗓️ 3 June 2025
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A 45-year-old suspect has been charged with a federal hate crime in the attack on a Colorado pro-Israel protest.
Russia and Ukraine hold peace talks after Ukraine's recent drone strikes.
USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe takes a look at the high court's move to take up a challenge to a grace period for mail-in ballots.
A new study has found a link between chronic cannabis use and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
USA TODAY National Immigration and Border Reporter Lauren Villagran tells us about volunteers who search for migrant remains along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:15.1 | Today we're learning more about the suspect and the Boulder attack. Plus, the Supreme Court takes up a challenge to a grace period |
| 0:21.1 | for mail-in ballots and how volunteers search for bodies along the southern border. |
| 0:27.5 | The man accused of setting 12 people on fire at a pro-Israel protest has been charged with a |
| 0:32.8 | federal hate crime. He told investigators he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished all of them were dead, |
| 0:38.5 | according to an FBI affidavit released yesterday. Forty-year-old Mohammed Sabri Soleiman is accused of |
| 0:43.8 | attacking a demonstration with a makeshift flamethrower and firebombs while shouting free Palestine. |
| 0:49.8 | Injuries to victims range from minor to Syria. According to an affidavit, the suspect told investigators he |
| 0:55.1 | planned the attack for a year and waited for his daughter to graduate before carrying it out. |
| 0:59.8 | A judge has said bond at $10 million. Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff, |
| 1:05.0 | said the suspect overstayed a tourist visa issued in 2022. You can read more with a link in today's show notes. |
| 1:16.1 | During peace talks yesterday, Russia told Ukraine that it would only agree to end the war |
| 1:20.9 | if Ukraine concedes large amounts of territory and agrees to limits on the size of its army, |
| 1:25.7 | according to a memorandum reported by Russian media. |
| 1:28.5 | It's the latest refusal out of Moscow to compromise on its war goals. |
| 1:32.3 | Negotiations in Turkey came after Ukraine destroyed dozens of enemy bombers over the weekend, |
| 1:36.8 | using drones smuggled deep into Russia. |
| 1:39.2 | It was the most damaging Ukrainian attack on Russia in the three years since Moscow invaded. |
| 1:52.4 | The Supreme Court will decide of a challenge to an Illinois grace period for mail-in ballots can proceed. I spoke with USA Today, Supreme Court correspondent Maureen Gropi to learn more. |
| 1:57.6 | Hello, Maureen. |
| 1:58.6 | Hello. All right, so what is this challenge, Maureen, and what will the Supreme Court now be deciding? |
| 2:03.0 | This case is about Illinois's law that lets mail-in-balance be counted if they are postmarked on or before the day of the election and received within two weeks. |
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