CBS Evening News S2024E317 - Episode 317

A judge Wednesday found a Venezuelan migrant guilty on all counts in the murder earlier this year of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Manuel Bojorquez has the latest. A monster storm known as a bomb cyclone knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers in Washington state and Oregon and caused major damage across the region. The storm's powerful winds downed trees onto homes and roads and was responsible for at least two deaths. Carter Evans reports from outside Seattle. Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv on Wednesday as Ukraine's capital prepared for a possible Russian airstrike that did not come. The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv had already announced it was closing temporarily Wednesday because of a "potential significant air attack," and a Ukrainian military official told CBS News it had information that Russia could try to strike the center of Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Holly Williams reports from Kyiv. The House Ethics Committee will keep its report of an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz sealed for the time being after it was unable to reach a decision Wednesday on whether to release it. Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick for attorney general, was on Capitol Hill today attempting to win support among Senate Republicans. Nikole Killion has the latest. Large wildfires fueled by climate change have destroyed tens of millions of acres of forests in the Pacific Northwest in recent years. Jonathan Vigliotti explores a major effort underway to restore those forests. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday took aim at incoming Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride, the first ever transgender member elected to Congress, with his decision to bar transgender people from using bathrooms in the Capitol Complex that do not align with their sex assigned at birth. Scott MacFarlane has more.