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Probe of deadly Black Hawk crash underway in Kentucky

Mar. 31, 2023 13:43 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A special military investigative team is on the scene of a deadly crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters that killed nine people in southwestern Kentucky, but weather conditions have slowed the early work, Army officials said. The team of about eight...

1 dead, 1 hurt in small plane crash near Oxford, Mississippi

Mar. 31, 2023 12:57 PM EDT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — An airplane crash in north Mississippi left one person dead and another injured, officials said. The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, in a news release, said it was notified about 9 p.m. Thursday that a small private plane had not returned to the airport it...

Teen arrested in Peoria car crash that killed family of 5

Mar. 31, 2023 11:41 AM EDT

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Peoria police have arrested a teenager for causing a November car crash that killed five people, including three children. Authorities say Peoria officers located the 17-year-old boy Thursday morning in neighboring Glendale. The teen, who is not...

2 foreign nationals die in small plane crash in Croatia

Mar. 31, 2023 10:10 AM EDT

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A small plane crashed on Friday in northern Croatia, killing two people on board, authorities said. The plane crashed around 12:30 p.m. during takeoff at the airport in the town of Pula, in the Istria peninsula, according to the Ministry of Sea, Traffic and...

9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky

Mar. 30, 2023 17:44 PM EDT

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Army investigators are trying to determine what caused two Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters to crash during a routine nightime training exercise in Kentucky, killing all nine soldiers aboard. No one was hurt on the ground. Nondice Thurman, a...

The military says 9 people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in southwestern Kentucky

Mar. 30, 2023 09:49 AM EDT
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The military says 9 people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in southwestern Kentucky.

University bus crashes in Kenya, killing 14 people

Mar. 30, 2023 08:39 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Fourteen people, including students, have died after a university bus collided with a passenger vehicle in Kenya, west of the capital, on Thursday. Police say 12 people died on the spot and two others succumbed on the way to the hospital. The...

1 killed, 3 critically injured in NE Indiana semi-SUV crash

Mar. 29, 2023 21:28 PM EDT

ANGOLA, Ind. (AP) — A semitrailer collided with an SUV Wednesday in northeastern Indiana, killing one person and leaving three others critically injured, authorities said. One person, a female, was declared dead at the scene of the accident about 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of...

Most gig workers paid sick leave under new Seattle law

Mar. 29, 2023 19:57 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — Most gig workers in Seattle will be permanently entitled to paid sick leave and safe time under a first-in-the-nation law signed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Wednesday. The measure expands pandemic-era protections and strengthens labor rights for app-based workers. ...

Suit tossed in active shooter drill woman believed was real

Mar. 29, 2023 19:30 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an employee of Catholic Charities of Omaha who said she suffered physical and emotional injuries during an active shooter drill involving actors smeared in fake blood and a man firing blanks from a semiautomatic handgun. ...