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Capitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison 01/17/2024 06:42pm • A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show. Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group's Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police office South Dakota House passes bill that would make the animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance 01/17/2024 06:31pm • PIERRE, S.D. (AP) ��� The South Dakota House passed a bill Wednesday that would make xylazine, an animal sedative that is being mixed with fentanyl and then used by some people, a controlled substance. The measure, which passed unanimously in the Republican-held House and now goes to the Senate, wou Police: Texas teacher arrested after driving to Virginia with plans to have sex with a juvenile 01/17/2024 06:23pm • A Texas teacher has been arrested after he drove to Virginia, to have sexual relations with someone he thought was a juvenile, according to Fairfax County police. In December, detectives from the Child Exploitation Unit conducted "Operation ADC Express 2," to crack down on child predators, accord IIHF says Israel can play in an upcoming tournament after initially barring it for security concerns 01/17/2024 05:51pm • ZURICH (AP) ��� The International Ice Hockey Federation said Wednesday that Israel will be able to play in an upcoming tournament after previously barring its national team from the event over security concerns. The sport���s world governing body announced Israel can take part in the Division III un 'My stomach just sank': Nanny describes frantic day Connecticut mother of five disappeared 01/17/2024 05:48pm • A nanny who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019 recalled in court on Wednesday the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation. The nanny, Lauren Almeida, testified in the trial of Michelle Troconi Teens kept in isolation cells at Kentucky juvenile detention center, lawsuit alleges 01/17/2024 05:08pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Two teenage girls held at a troubled Kentucky juvenile detention center were kept in isolation cells for weeks in unsanitary conditions, including a padded cell with no toilet, a federal class-action lawsuit filed this week alleges. The teens were held at the Adair County Yo Gun control measures advance out of Democratic-controlled Pennsylvania House committee 01/17/2024 05:07pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Democrats in majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced several gun control measures Wednesday, including one that would ban sales of automatic and semi-automatic guns, after years of standstill in the politically divided state government. The bil Report: Colts owner Irsay found unresponsive, struggling to breathe during December emergency call 01/17/2024 04:32pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� First responders found Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay unresponsive and struggling to breathe in early December when they responded to an emergency call from inside the home, TMZ.com reported Wednesday. The online outlet cited police records from Carmel, Indiana, a northern Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison on a wrongful conviction sues St. Louis, police 01/17/2024 04:06pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers ���detained, arrested, and framed him for a murder he did not commit.��� Lamar Johnson, 50, seeks unspecifi Tractor-trailer catches fire, closing section of Dulles Greenway in Loudoun Co. for hours 01/17/2024 03:55pm • A tractor-trailer catches on fire on the Dulles Greenway on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) The Dulles Greenway near Loudoun County, Virginia, was closed for several hours Wednesday after a tractor-trailer caught on fire Wednesday morning. The closure was between Ex 4 get decades in prison for girl's plot that killed her mother and wounded her father 01/17/2024 03:31pm • PEKIN, Ill. (AP) ��� Four young people have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles as teenagers in an Illinois girl's murder-for-hire plot that killed her mother and critically wounded her father. Prosecutors said during Tuesday���s hearing that Dahlia Bolin, then 15, initially sought o Pakistan recalls its ambassador to Iran over airstrikes by Tehran that killed 2 people 01/17/2024 03:31pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran conducted airstrikes inside Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases for a militant Sunni separatist group. Islamabad denounced the attack as a ���blatant violation��� of its airspace and said it killed two Federal labor investigators say poultry company's inaction led to the death of a teenage worker 01/17/2024 03:17pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A Mississippi poultry plant's failure to follow safety protocols led to the death of a 16-year-old worker who was pulled into a machine, federal regulators said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Labor���s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found numerous safety viola 5 killed when truck hits minivan crashed in left lane of snowy Pennsylvania highway 01/17/2024 02:59pm • SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) ��� Five women from New York were killed when a tractor-trailer struck people at the scene of a crashed minivan on Interstate 81 in snowy northeastern Pennsylvania, state police said Wednesday. The minivan, carrying four women, went out of control in the northbound lanes of I-81 i Baltimore police make progress in court-ordered reform effort 01/17/2024 02:38pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Officials said Wednesday that the Baltimore Police Department has completed its first step toward fulfilling a series of court-ordered reforms, including changes to how it transports people in custody, which was what initially landed the department under federal oversight followin