Louisiana man gets 25 years for torching 3 Black churches

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay the churches $2.6 million. U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook says in a news release Holden Matthews set fire to the churches because of their religious nature and to promote himself as a “black metal” musician. He says a federal judge in Lafayette sentenced the 23-year-old man on Monday. Judge Robert Summerha