WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Iran stepped back from the brink of possible war Wednesday, as President Donald Trump indicated he would not respond militarily after no one was harmed in Iran’s missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops. Trump says Iran appeared to be “standing down. The Iranian strikes had come days after Trump authorized the targeted killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. Trump said Americans should be “extremely grateful and happy” with the outcome. Speaking from the White House, Trump announced that the U.S. will immediately place new sanctions on Iran “until Iran changes its behavior.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says “there will be no haggling” over the terms of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. He’s urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to send over the abuse and obstruction articles of impeachment so the Republican-controlled Senate can begin the trial. McConnell says there’s nothing to negotiate. He says he has the 51 votes needed to move forward without an agreement on witnesses or documents that the Democrats are demanding. Pelosi didn’t mention her impeachment plans during a Wednesday caucus meeting with House Democrats. The trial could begin as soon as this week if Pelosi were to send over the impeachment charges.

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed his government will get answers after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed, killing at least 63 Canadians, just minutes after taking off from Iran’s capital. Trudeau said his foreign minister has been in touch with the government of Ukraine and his transport minister is reaching out to his international counterparts. Getting answers from Iran may prove difficult as Canada closed its embassy in Iran in 2012 and suspended diplomatic relations. The crash of the Ukraine International Airlines plane came hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers.

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg and President Donald Trump have each secured 60-second Super Bowl ad slots at an estimated $10 million apiece. Bloomberg’s campaign spokesperson told the New York Times that Bloomberg is shelling out the cash just to get “under Trump’s skin”. Michael Frzier told the news outlet Tuesday that the ad is part of Mike’s strategy of running a national campaign that focuses on states where the general election will be decided, parts of the country that are often overlooked”. Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., along with former Vice President Joe Biden, have also secured ad spots for the biggest professional football game of the year Feb. 2, the day before the Iowa caucuses. Sanders’ campaign is spending $16,630 on airtime for a 30-second spot, Biden is spending $24,000 and Warren spent $2,000. The Super Bowl could be watched by roughly 100 million people in the United States. It is some of the most expensive TV ad times of all year.

The Girls Scouts Of United States of America has announced a new cookie is joining the line-up when the 2020 Girl Scout Cookie season begins on Friday. Lemon-Ups will replace the lemon-flavored cookie that has been sold for several years. Lemon-Ups are described as a crispy lemon cookie baked with messages inspired by Girl Scout entrepreneurs. “I am a go-getter” and “I am an innovator” are among the eight phrases that bring the experience of Girl Scouting to life. This year, the cookies will also include refreshed packaging that features current Girl Scouts taking part in experiences including camping, canoeing and more.

Police are trying to figure out who decapitated an Ohio woman’s dog and left its head in her backyard. The East Palestine Police Department, about an hour away from Pittsburgh, says they received a call last Friday from a woman, Barb Greaves, reporting her Beagle named Trouble was missing. Police say she told them Trouble had been let out on a cable run in the backyard and then was discovered missing a short time later. On Sunday afternoon, police say Greaves’ son called and said someone had killed his mother’s dog, cut off its head and left it in the backyard.

A Florida woman said she would use “whatever means necessary” and “rob” a McDonald’s after being told she would be charged 25 cents for dipping sauces. 19-year-old Maguire McLaughlin, ordered a large amount of food and asked for one of each dipping sauces to go with it from the restaurant around 3:47 a.m. New Year’s Day, according to a report from the Indian River Sheriff’s Office. McLaughlin started yelling obscenities at an employee after he told her that the sauces would cost 25 cents each, deputies said. She also said she would be getting the sauces by whatever means necessary, but was unclear what she meant by that. Authorities had to forcibly take McLaughlin to the ground and put her in hobble restraints in order to place her in the patrol vehicle. McLaughlin was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

MCKEESPORT, Pa, (AP) — A car crashed into a utility pole while being pursued by an SUV whose occupants were shooting at the car, injuring two teenage girls and a man. Authorities say the shooting and crash in McKeesport occurred Tuesday night. The four people in the car had just left a basketball game at McKeesport High School when two men in the SUV started following them and soon began shooting. The car hit the utility pole and flipped onto its roof. None of the people in the car were shot. The SUV fled the scene, and it’s not known why they pursued or shot at the car.

Westmoreland County’s new sheriff said he found an unpleasant surprise on his first day of work: his office was trashed. Sheriff James Albert says boxes filled with old arrest warrants blocked the door to his administrative suite, trash was scattered on floors and desks, and the former sheriff’s dirty uniforms were piled beneath a DVD of the film comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” Albert, a Democrat, defeated two-term Republican Jonathan Held last fall…but the outgoing sheriff says he didn’t do it. The new sheriff is investigating.

Police in Cecil Township, Washington County are searching for a suspect’s gun that he allegedly dropped in between breaking into a home, shoving a large amount of stolen jewelry into his underwear and attempting to escape on his motorcycle. It happened on Network Drive in Southpointe. Police said surveillance video shows Paul Kelly lurking outside a family’s home before shooting the window out and running inside straight for their bedroom as the alarm blared. Police say Kelly tried to get away on his motorcycle, and went straight into the woods – where he crashed and took off running. When they searched him, officers found a large amount of gold and pearl jewelry stuffed into his underwear.