In our news wrap Sunday, a Libyan suspect in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 is in U.S. custody and will face federal charges, American forces killed two ISIS officials in Syria, University of South California quarterback Caleb Williams won the Heisman Trophy, and community activist and feminist icon Dorothy Pitman Hughes died at 84.
News Wrap: Alleged Pan Am 103 bomber extradited to U.S. to face charges
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Dec 11, 2022 05:50 PM EDT
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Geoff Bennett:
In the days other headlines a Libyan man who is suspected of building the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 is now in U.S. custody. The details of the arrest and extradition are unclear but the Justice Department says the alleged bomber will face federal charges in Washington DC at a later date.
The bombing remains one of the deadliest international terror attacks in history. 270 people from 21 different countries were killed. 190 of the victims were Americans.
American forces early this morning killed two Islamic State officials who had been operating in Syria according to U.S. Central Command. No civilians were reported killed in the overnight helicopter rate and the strike comes after the U.S. military confirmed the death of Islamic States leader late last month.
Meantime, college football has crowned its top player, sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams of the University of Southern California won the Heisman Trophy last night giving USC a record eight Heisman wins.
Just last year, Williams was a freshman backup for the Oklahoma Sooners. That's before he transferred. The 20-year-old DC native is set to return to USC next season.
And a passing of note, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, that community activist and feminist icon has died. Hughes was known for her lifelong activism and for her work with Gloria Steinem, the two co-founded Ms. Magazine and appeared together and one of the most famous photos from the women's movement in the 1970s. Hughes organized the first shelter for battered women in New York City, and she founded a community center that cared for countless families on Manhattan's West Side. Her daughter says she died of old age. Dorothy Pitman Hughes was 84 years old.
And still to come on "PBS News Weekend," a look at the new exhibition that explores the work of enigmatic musician Lou Reed, and how a celebrity photographer stepped in to save a school picture day.
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