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GOP senator from North Dakota faces Democratic challenger making her 2nd US Senate bid

Nov. 05, 2024 07:36 AM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Republican U.S. senator from North Dakota who wrested the seat away from a Democrat in 2018 is facing a challenge Tuesday from another Democrat making her second Senate run. U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is confronting Democrat Katrina Christiansen in his bid for...

At least 36 dead after an overcrowded bus falls into a gorge in northern India

Nov. 04, 2024 09:17 AM EST

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India on Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, officials said. The accident occurred in Almora district in the mountainous state of...

Police in Michigan say 4 killed, 17 injured after semitruck crashes into vehicles stuck in traffic

Nov. 03, 2024 15:02 PM EST

WEBBERVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others, according to state police. Traffic on I-96 near Webberville had been...

A truck crashes in Ecuador's Amazon killing 10 people

Nov. 03, 2024 11:43 AM EST

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ten people died Sunday when the truck they were traveling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine, law enforcement authorities in the South American country said. Police in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, in the country’s southeast, said...

5 dead after vehicle crashes into tree in Wisconsin

Nov. 02, 2024 16:10 PM EDT

Five people died in a fiery vehicle crash in Wisconsin, authorities said Saturday. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the vehicle crashed into a tree Friday night off a roadway just south of Verona, a town about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southwest of Madison....

Flood survivors say regional Spanish officials waited too long to warn them of the danger

Oct. 31, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

BARRIO DE LA TORRE, Spain (AP) — Moments after rushing waters burst through the door to her home, Mari Carmen Pérez received a text message alert from regional Spanish authorities warning her of the possibility of flash floods. By the time Pérez's phone buzzed, the water has...

Mother pleads not guilty in death of infant left in hot car in Louisiana

Oct. 30, 2024 14:45 PM EDT

JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman whose 10-month-old daughter died after she was left inside a vehicle in August has pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide. Bill Riley, an attorney for Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, of Jennings, entered the plea Monday in state court and asked...

Mother crashes car through Australian school fence, killing a child and injuring 4 others

Oct. 29, 2024 03:58 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A mother collecting a child crashed a car through a Melbourne school fence on Tuesday, fatally injuring one child and leaving four others seriously hurt, police said. The 40-year-old mother had collected a child from the Auburn South Primary School and...

Louisiana trooper avoids jail time in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Oct. 28, 2024 14:57 PM EDT

FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana state trooper pleaded no contest Monday to significantly reduced charges that spare him jail time in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, the first conviction of any kind in a prolonged police brutality case that once prompted national...

A car rams into a crowd outside a cathedral in Mexico and injures 16

Oct. 27, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A car rammed into a crowd outside a cathedral in Mexico and injured at least 16 people Saturday night, local authorities said. Guadalajara's government in a statement on X said a person allegedly stole a pickup truck near a local market and drove into the plaza...