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Authorities use DNA to ID victims of Cambria County plane crash

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Cambria Co., PA (WJAC) — During a press conference Monday morning, officials in Cambria County released the names of the victims of last month's fatal plane crash near Ebensburg. Authorities say DNA testing positively identified the two men as Mark LaMantia, 54, of Ebensburg and Donald Cox, 54, of Nanty Glo. Investigators say the two men suffered blunt force trauma injuries in the crash and were "killed instantly." “I promised their loved ones they’d get them back and they have," Read More...

Judge removed by Maryland Supreme Court over alleged office misconduct

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WASHINGTON (WJLA) — A Maryland judge has been removed from her position by the state's Supreme Court after being suspended since 2023. Prince George's County Circuit Court Judge April Ademilyi's removal at the request of the Maryland Commission of Judicial Disabilities followed Monday's oral arguments on misconduct accusations during her time. It's the first time in Prince George's County history that a judge has been ordered removed, sources told WJLA's Brad Bell. Read More...

Man who bragged he 'fed' officer to mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection. Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. Read More...