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A highway crash in southern Afghanistan kills 21 people and injures 38

Mar. 17, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A highway crash in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured, according to a provincial traffic department. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in Gerashk district of Helmand province on the main highway between southern Kandahar and...

Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm

Mar. 15, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an overnight ordeal when their bus got stuck in a snowstorm behind jackknifed semi tractor-trailers on their way back from Vail. One of the women, Brenda Djorup, called it a test of perseverance...

A critical Rhode Island bridge will need to be demolished and replaced

Mar. 14, 2024 18:42 PM EDT

A critical Rhode Island bridge that was partially shut down over safety concerns in December will need to be demolished and replaced, Gov. Dan McKee said Thursday. An independent review of the Washington Bridge — which carries Interstate 195 over the Seekonk River from Providence...

Philadelphia's Chinatown to be reconnected by building a park over a highway

Mar. 11, 2024 17:13 PM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Decades after Philadelphia's Chinatown was bisected by a sunken expressway, city officials and federal lawmakers said Monday that they secured a grant to reconnect the community by building a park over the six lanes of traffic. The $159 million grant to build...

2 police horses on the lam cause traffic jam on I-90 in Cleveland area

Mar. 03, 2024 14:07 PM EST

CLEVELAND (AP) — Drivers on an Ohio interstate came upon an unusual traffic hazard over the weekend — a pair of police horses trotting against traffic on the highway. The two animals on the lam caused an unusual traffic jam Saturday afternoon as they wove through slowing traffic...

A New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7 years

Mar. 02, 2024 17:02 PM EST

Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years now, the city of nearly 60,000 people has reported resounding success: Not a single...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

Feb. 29, 2024 07:20 AM EST

Post and Courier. February 25, 2024. Editorial: The sabotage effort has already begun; hang tough on fixing SC health services There’s not a single, perfect way to consolidate South Carolina’s many disjointed, uncommunicative health agencies. You could merge every...

Scandinavian storm tears a roof off a Swedish train station and leaves ferries idle but no one hurt

Feb. 23, 2024 08:53 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm packing strong winds in Sweden tore a roof off of the main train station in Goteborg on Friday, knocking out power and temporarily halting rail traffic in and out of the country's second largest city. There were no immediate reports of injuries. ...

St. Louis man sentenced to 10 years for causing crash that killed 4 people and injured 4 others

Feb. 22, 2024 19:29 PM EST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who ran a red light before causing a 2023 crash that killed four people was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison. Cedric Dixon, 35, agreed to a deal in which he pleaded guilty to four counts each of involuntary manslaughter and second-degree...

GM is nearly doubling the road miles where drivers can use its partially automated driving system

Feb. 15, 2024 07:14 AM EST

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is adding about 350,000 miles (563,000 kilometers) of roadways in the U.S and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company's “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system. The expansion nearly doubles the road miles where the system can...