Ryan Routh was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump in September 2024 at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, according to BBC World News. The sentencing occurred after Routh, 59, was found guilty last year.
A U.S. Secret Service agent witnessed a rifle barrel protruding from bushes and fired at Routh, who subsequently fled the scene but was apprehended nearby, BBC World News reported. Judge Aileen Cannon, in a sentencing memorandum, presided over the case.
In other news, Representative Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia, announced his retirement from Congress, Fox News reported Wednesday. Loudermilk stated it had been a "tremendous honor" to represent Northwest Georgia for six terms and that he focused on upholding the U.S. Constitution and representing the 11th Congressional District. Loudermilk's departure adds to a growing wave of GOP retirements ahead of the next election cycle, according to Fox News.
Separately, at Milligan University in Elizabethton, Tennessee, a carbon monoxide leak in the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse led to more than 200 people being evaluated and treated at various healthcare facilities, Fox News reported. Ballad Health said it was actively caring for those affected across six hospitals as of 6 p.m. local time Wednesday. The total number of individuals impacted remains unclear, as well as the breakdown between students and staff members, according to Fox News.
Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe, Natalia reburied her husband Vitaly, a soldier killed fighting the Russians in 2022, in Kyiv after exhuming his grave from their hometown of Slovyansk, BBC World News reported. Natalia feared Russian forces would seize Slovyansk, which is increasingly under attack. Vitaly's initial burial was in Slovyansk, but the advance of Russian forces prompted the move.
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