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Jury being chosen for sergeant charged in protest killing

Mar. 27, 2023 19:17 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an armed protester in Texas in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Sgt. Daniel Perry was working for a...

Pedestrian struck, killed by bus at Boston's Logan Airport

Mar. 27, 2023 19:17 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A pedestrian was struck and killed Monday by a bus outside of a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport. The crash occurred just before 5 p.m. on the Terminal B lower roadway, according to the Massachusetts State Police. The adult male was struck...

Deputies accused of shoving guns in mouths of 2 Black men

Mar. 27, 2023 18:42 PM EDT

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Several deputies from a Mississippi sheriff’s department being investigated by the Justice Department for possible civil rights violations have been involved in at least four violent encounters with Black men since 2019 that left two dead and another with lasting injuries,...

Death toll in Tennessee crash updated to 4 youths, 2 adults

Mar. 27, 2023 18:32 PM EDT

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Monday revised the number of youths killed over the weekend in a Tennessee highway crash, saying that four girls ages 1 to 12 died instead of the six they originally reported. Emergency crews found a car upside down with extensive damage...

At least 20 dead when bus hits bridge, burns in Saudi Arabia

Mar. 27, 2023 17:47 PM EDT

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — At least 20 people were killed when a packed bus hit a bridge, overturned and burst into flames in southwestern Saudi Arabia on Monday, Saudi state media reported. Al-Ekhbariya TV said 29 other people were injured in the crash and aired footage showing...

Kentucky governor signs bill to criminalize hazing

Mar. 27, 2023 16:49 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A bill to criminalize hazing was signed by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday, culminating a call for action by the family of a university student who died. The measure creates a felony crime for hazing that results in the death or serious injury of a...

2 dead after van crashes into living room in northern Maine

Mar. 27, 2023 11:55 AM EDT

MADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — A van crashed into a house in northern Maine, and both the motorist and an occupant of the home died, police said. Both people were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening after first responders were told that a vehicle spun out of control on a curve...

Freeway crash kills 6 youths thrown from car in Tennessee

Mar. 26, 2023 19:52 PM EDT

PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (AP) — A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said. Two adults were injured, one of them critically. Emergency crews found a car...

3 found shot to death in car on Portland's north side

Mar. 25, 2023 20:12 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three people were found shot to death Saturday afternoon in a car in a neighborhood on Portland's north side, police said. Shortly after 12:23 p.m., police responding to a report of a shooting at North Foss Avenue and North Foss Court in the Portsmouth...

Tahoe casino shooting: 1 dead, big police response, man held

Mar. 25, 2023 19:11 PM EDT

STATELINE, Nev. (AP) — A shooting in a Lake Tahoe casino left one man dead and prompted an active-shooter response by area authorities before the arrest of an alleged assailant and a woman in a vehicle not far away, a sheriff reported Saturday. Deputies responding to a 911 call...