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'Will Be Wild' explores how we got to the many system failures of Jan. 6

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz about Will Be Wild, their new podcast diving deep into how the Jan. 6 insurrection happened.

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell testified last July before the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Authorities say some 140 police officers were injured during the insurrection.

As the Jan. 6 attack anniversary nears, one Capitol officer fears a violent repeat

Ten months after U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell thought he'd die as Capitol rioters pummeled him, he's still working to recover his mental and physical health.

A view of vehicles in a dust storm that cut visibility to near zero and triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes on a highway in Springfield, Ill.

A sudden dust storm in Illinois led to car crashes that killed 6 and injured dozens

Police said more than 70 vehicles were involved in the crashes that left parts of Interstate 55 closed and more than 35 people injured. Injuries ranged from minor to life-threatening.

Milwaukee police officers Bryan Norberg (right) and Graham Kunisch were both shot in 2009. Tuesday, they won a jury award of nearly $6 million against the gun store that sold the weapon used against them.

Jury Says Gun Shop Must Pay Wounded Officers Nearly $6 Million

Two severely injured Milwaukee policemen successfully argued that Badger Guns was negligent in selling to a "straw buyer" for someone who was underage.

Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Recaptured 6 Months After Prison Escape

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is in custody Friday after being captured by Mexican authorities. He was on the run for six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico.

Bullet holes are seen in a glass door as police forensics officers carry out investigations in the area following the wounding of several foreign nationals in a drive-by shooting in Macerata.

Italian Suspect Accused Of Targeting People Of Color Wounds 6 In Drive-By Shooting

The suspect reportedly ran for local elections last year on an anti-immigrant platform.

Former Iowa state Sen. Rita Hart has ended her challenge in a U.S. House race she lost to Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks by six votes. Above, Hart appears at her farm in Wheatland, Iowa, on Aug. 13, 2019.

Democrat Rita Hart Abandons Election Challenge In House Race Decided By 6 Votes

Roughly 400,000 votes in all were cast in the race for Iowa's 2nd Congressional District. Hart maintained that nearly two dozen valid ballots were not counted properly.

On Sunday, children in Spain will be allowed to go outside for the first time in nearly six weeks. Here, Olimpia, 3 (the photographer's daughter), plays with her toy dog as they wear face masks in Madrid.

Spain Will Finally Let Children Go Outside This Sunday, After Nearly 6 Weeks

Anger spiked on Tuesday, after the government initially said children would only be allowed outdoors to accompany adults on trips to essential businesses, such as grocery stores.

A man standing outside a newly build Olembe stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on Jan. 8, 2022. A crush outside the stadium on Monday has left at least six people dead.

At least 6 people are reported dead from a crush at an African Cup soccer match

The apparent stampede outside of a stadium in Cameroon has renewed the focus on prior warnings that the nation was ill-equipped to host the continent's biggest sporting event.

U.S. military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific

Sunday's attack brought the death toll to at least 157 people since the Trump administration began targeting alleged drug-smuggling vessels, in early September.

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