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A Marine who said he was waiting for "Civil war 2" and two other active-duty members of the military have been charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said in newly filed court papers. Micah Coomer, Joshua Abate and Dodge Dale Hellonen were arrested this week on misdemeanor charges after their fellow Marines helped investigators identify them in footage among the pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, according to court papers. Dozens of people charged in the riot have military backgrounds, but these three are among only a handful on active duty. A Marine Corps officer...

A total of 4,553 motorcyclists died in traffic accidents last year in the United States, but more than 700 of them would have lived if they had been wearing helmets, Mary E. Peters, the new U.S. transportation secretary, said Thursday in Milwaukee. Peters, during a visit to the Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee, talked about the "alarming rise" in fatalities and injuries involving motorcyclists since 1997. Peters, an ardent motorcyclist, said she will "never, ever ride without a helmet." She said a helmet last year saved her from more serious injuries in an accident in which she hit her husband's motorcycle...

Tips for drivers during Motorcycle Awareness Month A number of communities across the state of Illinois are proclaiming May as Motorcycle Awareness Month. These communities, along with ABATE of Illinois Inc., recognize motorcyclists have the privilege to share the highways and byways across America. Throughout the month of May and continuing through the year, the DuKane Chapter of ABATE of Illinois — A Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education — offers these tips to the driving public to be increase their awareness of motorcyclists. • Motorcyclists often slow by downshifting or rolling off the throttle. Allow more following distance, about three or...

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. - In the smoky, windowless back room of Gail's Diner on Route 61, eight bikers gathered on a recent Sunday morning for a regular meeting of their motorcycle lobbying group. A few days earlier, a federal agency had released figures showing the average number of motorcyclists killed in crashes had doubled in Louisiana in the first two years after the state repealed its mandatory helmet law. The bikers at Gail's - a woman and seven men who roared up wearing denim and do-rags - believe that those numbers will be used as ammunition. "Every regular legislative session, there's...