The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan during the morning rush hour Wednesday, killing nine people and stranding dozens of workers at quarries and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings.

About 70 workers who were stranded at two rock quarries were safe, according to the fire agency, but the roads to reach them had been damaged by falling rocks. 6 workers were going to be airlifted on Thursday.

A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.

U.S. district judge Royce Lamberth said videos captured Taylor James Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Johnatakis led other rioters on a charge against a police line, “barked commands” over his megaphone and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering officers, the judge said.

The final three people accused in the killing of a young mother have pleaded guilty in a rare situation where Minnesota gov. Tim Walz took the case away from Hennepin county prosecutors and handed it to attorney general Keith Ellison amid public criticism that the original plea deal was too lenient.

Kevin Strus can be reached at stru1349@stthomas.edu.