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A woman is arrested in fatal crash at San Francisco bus stop that killed 3 people

Mar. 18, 2024 19:56 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 78-year-old woman was arrested in connection to a fatal crash at a bus stop in San Francisco that killed two adults and a child and injured an infant who remains hospitalized, police said Monday. Mary Fong Lau, of San Francisco, was booked into jail on...

Chicago-area man gets 18 years for 2021 drunken driving crash that killed 3

Mar. 18, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for a 2021 drunken driving crash that killed three people. Brendan Wydajewski, 24, of Naperville was sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated driving under the influence...

Former Louisiana police officer pleads guilty in chase that left 2 teens dead, 1 hurt

Mar. 18, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana police officer pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of manslaughter for the deaths of two teenagers and negligent injuring of a third following a New Year's Eve high-speed chase and crash in 2022. David Cauthron, 43, was sentenced to 32...

Lawsuits against insurers after truck crashes limited by Georgia legislature

Mar. 18, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The ability of people to sue insurance companies directly after trucking crashes would be limited under a bill receiving final passage in the Georgia legislature. The House voted 172-0 on Monday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature...

Today in History: March 18, FDR signs executive order on internment of Japanese-Americans

Mar. 18, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, March 18, the 78th day of 2024. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority,...

US to investigate Texas fatal crash that may have involved Ford partially automated driving system

Mar. 16, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system. The agency said in a statement Friday that a team of investigators from its...

Tractor-trailer goes partly off the New York Thruway after accident

Mar. 14, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge Thursday after an accident. No serious injuries were reported. The eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of...

New Mexico day care workers' convictions reversed in 2017 death of toddler inside hot car

Mar. 14, 2024 15:47 PM EDT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday granted a new trial for two day care workers in the 2017 death of a 1-year-old girl left in a hot car and the serious injury of another toddler. The high court said in a news release that it reversed the child abuse...

Jury begins deliberating manslaughter case against Connecticut trooper who killed man in stolen car

Mar. 13, 2024 17:32 PM EDT

A Connecticut state trooper's fatal shooting of the 19-year-old man who had just crashed a stolen car following a high-speed chase was “overkill” and showed an “extreme indifference to human life,” a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments at the trooper's manslaughter...

Judge cuts bond by nearly $1.9 million for man accused of car crash that injured Sen. Manchin's wife

Mar. 12, 2024 18:39 PM EDT

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, and a work colleague. Tradarryl Rishad...