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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....

Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 14

Nov. 01, 2024 16:15 PM EDT

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least 14 people with more feared buried under the rubble, officials said. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that three people were...

Helicopter pilot was talking with air traffic controller at the time of fatal Houston crash

Nov. 01, 2024 11:15 AM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. Pilot Samantha Grandbouche had...

Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people

Nov. 01, 2024 10:11 AM EDT
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people.

Survivors of deadly collapse at Georgia dock seek state's help for funerals, counseling

Oct. 31, 2024 19:53 PM EDT

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Survivors of a deadly walkway collapse at a state-run ferry dock on a Georgia island said Thursday that the government should help them pay for funerals for the seven people who died as well as medical bills and mental health counseling for those who lived. ...

It's spooky season. Here are some scary stories from around the world you probably haven't heard

Oct. 30, 2024 23:03 PM EDT

Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are just plain eerie. Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity and creepy cryptids are passed through generations the world over, becoming local...

At least 95 people die in devastating flash floods in Spain

Oct. 30, 2024 22:39 PM EDT

UTIEL, Spain (AP) — Flash floods in Spain turned village streets into rivers, ruined homes, disrupted transportation and killed at least 95 people in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Rainstorms that started Tuesday and continued Wednesday...

Spanish emergency services say 51 people have died in floods in eastern region of Valencia

Oct. 30, 2024 04:35 AM EDT
MADRID (AP) — Spanish emergency services say 51 people have died in floods in eastern region of Valencia.

A hotel collapses in Argentina and leaves 1 dead and several trapped

Oct. 29, 2024 20:55 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 10-story hotel under renovation in Argentina collapsed Tuesday, leaving one person dead and at least seven trapped in the debris, authorities said. Firefighters searching for survivors rescued a woman who was alive from the rubble of the Dubrovnik Hotel in...

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...