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AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat
David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona's record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the...
Longtime federal judge Larry Hicks in Nevada hit and killed by a vehicle near courthouse in Reno
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Larry Hicks, a federal judge in Nevada for more than 20 years who presided over cases ranging from U.S. environmental disputes to political corruption trials, died after being struck by a vehicle at an intersection near the federal courthouse in Reno, authorities and his family...
5 killed in fiery crash on South Carolina road in coastal area, police say
ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Five people, including a 4-year-old, were killed during a fiery three-vehicle crash near the southern South Carolina coast, authorities said Thursday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said a BMW was traveling south Wednesday night on a road on St....
Bus crashes into gorge in India-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 21 people
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims skidded and rolled into a deep gorge on a mountainous highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said. Health official Akhnoor Saleem Khan said 35 passengers were injured in the...
4 Pakistanis killed by Iranian border guards in remote southwestern region, Pakistani officials say
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Iranian border guards opened fire at a vehicle carrying a group of Pakistanis, killing four people and wounding two others in a remote area in the southwest, Pakistani officials said Thursday. The incident happened near the border village of Mashkel in...
A bus falls into a ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 28 people and injuring 20
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding passenger bus fell from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing 28 people and injuring 20 others, officials said. Local police officer Asghar Ali said the driver lost control suddenly in Washuk town as the bus...
Four dead after vehicles collide on Virginia road, police say
SHEPPARDS, Va. (AP) — Four motorists were killed when a car crossed the center line of a Virginia road and struck vehicles going in the opposite direction, state police said on Wednesday. The multi-vehicle crash occurred shortly before noon on Tuesday south of the Sheppards...
Mother tells police she shot one child and drowned another. A third was found safe
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman went to a police station Tuesday and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, authorities said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were...
Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of people packed into a sweltering church in Haiti's capital on Tuesday to mourn Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members who also fatally shot an American couple that worked with him. Wails filled the crowded church during the...
Driver charged with DUI-manslaughter for farmworkers' bus crash in Florida now faces more charges
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A driver already charged with DUI-manslaughter after his pickup truck crashed into a bus and killed eight farmworkers in central Florida is now facing additional charges for the injuries of 11 other farmworkers on the bus, authorities said, Eleven counts of DUI...
