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Who is Mike Johnson? New House speaker is a strong Trump ally and a quiet force among Republicans 10/25/2023 10:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A low-key lawmaker in Congress for less than a decade, new House Speaker Mike Johnson isn���t recognizable to most Americans. But the social conservative and devoted ally of former President Donald Trump has been a quiet force within the Republican conference he now unexpectedly Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho will be sent to Arizona to face murder conspiracy charges 10/25/2023 09:34pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison in the the murders of her two youngest children and another woman could soon be taken to Arizona to face similar charges. Lori Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho earlier this year of killing her two kids and conspiring to kill a Southern Indiana man gets 240 years for 2 murders, attempted murder and robbery 10/25/2023 08:47pm • NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) ��� A man convicted of fatally shooting his wife and a bystander and injuring a third person at a southern Indiana gas station last year was sentenced to 240 years in prison Wednesday. A jury found Cherok Ameer Douglass, of New Albany, guilty in August of two counts of murder a Police say there���s an active shooter in Lewiston, Maine, and they are investigating at multiple scenes 10/25/2023 08:21pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Police say there���s an active shooter in Lewiston, Maine, and they are investigating at multiple scenes. Escaped inmate suspected in Md. carjacking now back in custody 10/25/2023 06:47pm • An escaped inmate was taken into custody Wednesday at a Fairfax County hotel after escaping a Virginia hospital in August and allegedly carjacking a woman at gunpoint in Maryland while on the loose. Naseem Roulack, 21, was arrested at a hotel in the 6700 block of Commerce Street in Springfield, V Rep. Bowman of New York charged with misdemeanor, to pay fine after triggering House fire alarm 10/25/2023 06:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman was charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor for triggering a fire alarm as lawmakers scrambled to pass a funding bill before a government shutdown deadline in September. He is expected to plead guilty, formally apologize and pay a $1,000 fine. The fa Md. attorney general, public defender announce partnership to address mass incarceration 10/25/2023 06:19pm • Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue said some people view their offices as adversarial because of their different missions in the criminal justice system. But on Wednesday at Bowie State University, they stood side-by-side to launch the Maryla Escaped Virginia inmate who fled from hospital is recaptured, officials say 10/25/2023 05:47pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� An inmate who escaped from the Virginia Department of Corrections' custody at a suburban Richmond hospital in August was captured Wednesday morning at a northern Virginia hotel, authorities said. Naseem Roulack, 21, was brought into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service and Fa A murder warrant is issued for a Massachusetts man wanted in the shooting death of his wife 10/25/2023 05:10pm • GARDNER, Mass. (AP) ��� A murder warrant was issued Wednesday for a Massachusetts man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his wife. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said police are continuing their search for Aaron Pennington after his wife, Breanne Pennington, 30, was Illinois man who pepper-sprayed pro-Palestinian protesters charged with hate crimes, authorities say 10/25/2023 05:00pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A man accused of pepper spraying pro-Palestinian protesters who gathered near an Israel solidarity rally over the weekend has been charged with hate crimes and aggravated battery, prosecutors said Wednesday. Zevulen Ebert, 33, of Skokie, Illinois, is charged with two felony counts o Judge reinstates murder charge against Philadelphia police officer in fatal shooting of motorist 10/25/2023 04:54pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� A judge on Wednesday reinstated all charges, including a murder count, against a former police officer who shot and killed a driver through a rolled-up car window ��� a confrontation police initially described as the officer shooting the driver after he lunged at him with a kni Virginia Daybook 10/25/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Wednesday, Oct. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other S Mid Atlantic Daybook 10/25/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Wednesday, Oct. 25. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being underground for 3 days in union dispute 10/25/2023 04:16pm • SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) ��� Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, mine officials and the union at the center of the standoff said. More than 100 miners who police and mine officials said were held against thei Toll rises to 8 dead, 63 hurt from Louisiana interstate pileup blamed on dense fog, marsh fire smoke 10/25/2023 04:12pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� The toll from a series of crashes on a Louisiana interstate rose to eight dead and 63 injured Tuesday evening, a day after a ���super fog��� of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles in the fiery pileup, authorities said. Lance Scott was among the many dri