Court-martialed military veteran sentenced to over 4 years in prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Army soldier who was court-martialed for fatally shooting a handcuffed civilian in Iraq two decades ago has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Edward Richmond Jr. attacked police officers with a metal baton during the riot. At a court hearing Monday in Washington, Richmond expressed regret for his actions before U.S. District Judge John Bates sentenced him to four years and three months behind bars.

Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion’s auction bid

(AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas is being asked to disqualify a winning bid made by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars. The request was made Monday by a company affiliated with a website run by Jones. The company submitted the only other bid, offering $3.5 million. It alleges fraud and collusion in the bankruptcy auction process. The trustee overseeing the sale denied the allegations. The auction was held as part of Jones’ bankruptcy, which he filed after he was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in lawsuit awards to families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones had called the massacre a hoax.

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up

(AP) — Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue. Spirit is the biggest U.S. budget airline. It has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1 billion over the next year. Spirit says it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process and that customers can continue to book and fly without interruption.

Report finds that America is catching and eating a little less fish

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The volume and value of America’s commercial fishing industry both fell according to newly released federal figures, though members of the industry said the decline was to be expected following a spike in supply. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “Fisheries of the United States” report, which the agency released this month, says the catch at U.S. ports in the 50 states fell 2.6% to 8.4 billion pounds in 2022. The same report says the catch was worth $5.9 billion at the docks in 2022, and that was a drop of 11%. America also ate a little bit less seafood in 2022, as per capita consumption fell about 3% to 19.8 pounds in 2022.