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Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin

May. 08, 2024 13:16 PM EDT

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. May 2, 2024. Editorial: Spring requires caution on the road Spring appears to have finally decided to stick around, and that means farmers are out working their fields on the days when it’s dry enough to do so. That means there’s a...

US seeks information from Tesla on how it developed and verified whether Autopilot recall worked

May. 07, 2024 09:55 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than 2 million vehicles equipped with the company's Autopilot partially automated driving system. Investigators with the U.S. National Highway Traffic...

I-95 in Connecticut reopens after flaming crash left it closed for days

May. 05, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Interstate 95 in Connecticut reopened Sunday after a flaming crash involving a gasoline tanker scorched a bridge and left the roadway closed for days, officials said. Authorities shut the highway down in both directions after a three-vehicle crash Thursday...

1 person killed and 23 injured in a bus crash in northern Maryland, police say

May. 05, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

BEL AIR, Md. (AP) — One person was killed and 23 others were injured when a bus crashed early Sunday on Interstate 95 in northern Maryland, police said. The bus was carrying 24 people when it lost control and hit a guardrail on I-95 in Harford County at around 6 a.m., the Maryland...

In Botswana, 44 victims of an Easter bus crash in South Africa are laid to rest

May. 04, 2024 16:23 PM EDT

MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana (AP) — At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South Africa were laid to rest in neighboring Botswana on Saturday. About 5,000 mourners clad in black gathered in the Botswana village of Molepolole to pay their last respects...

Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno

May. 04, 2024 08:53 AM EDT

Work crews began demolishing a bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed for a second day Friday, as motorists' nerves continued to fray in hours of traffic jams on and around the main artery linking New England and New York. “It’s crazy,”...

Deadly news helicopter crash likely caused by shaky inspections, leading to loose parts, feds say

May. 03, 2024 18:22 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Investigators found disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022, killing the pilot and a North Carolina television station’s meteorologist, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB's final report on the...

I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says

May. 02, 2024 19:06 PM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed in Connecticut for days after a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95, Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday. The tanker truck filled with gasoline burst into flames in a...

Bounce house swept up by wind kills one child and injures another

May. 01, 2024 13:37 PM EDT

One child was killed and another injured when a bounce house was swept up by wind in Casa Grande, Arizona, in what local authorities called "a tragic accident.” Saturday's fatality occurred after a strong gust sent the inflatable toy house “airborne into the neighboring lot" with...

30 people are injured when a trailer overturns in southwestern Germany

May. 01, 2024 10:38 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A trailer packed with people celebrating May Day overturned in southern Germany on Wednesday, leaving 30 injured, 10 of them seriously, police and media reports said. According to the German news agency dpa, the accident happened near the city of Freiburg. Police say...