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Italian coast guard recovers 14 more bodies of shipwreck victims off Calabria, dozens still missing

Jun. 22, 2024 05:37 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — The Italian coast guard has recovered 14 more bodies from last week's shipwreck in the Ionian Sea off the southern Italian coastline, bringing to 34 the number of known victims from the sinking. Dozens are still missing and presumed dead. The bodies, recovered on...

El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue

Jun. 21, 2024 21:46 PM EDT

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19 dead. ...

Democrats put a spotlight on more than 1 million pensions saved under a 2021 law

Jun. 21, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the general election nears, Democrats are keen to remind union voters in Pennsylvania that pensions for many workers have been preserved as part of a coronavirus pandemic-era aid package that keeps on giving. As of Friday, the White House said, more than 1...

2 crop dusting airplanes collided in southern Idaho, killing 1 pilot and severely injuring the other

Jun. 20, 2024 23:40 PM EDT

ARCO, Idaho (AP) — Two crop dusting airplanes collided near an airport in southern Idaho on Thursday and crashed to the ground, killing one of the pilots and leaving the other with life-threatening injuries, officials said. The crash was reported at about 12:30 p.m. in an area...

2 killed in helicopter crash in Washington state, authorities say

Jun. 20, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

BLUESTEM, Wash. (AP) — Two men died in a helicopter crash in eastern Washington state, authorities said. Lincoln County Fire District 6 Chief Brandon Larmer told KREM-TV that the helicopter had two people aboard when it crashed Wednesday afternoon. The men who died...

A kindergarten student and his mother were struck and killed by school bus while walking to school

Jun. 20, 2024 17:01 PM EDT

MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — A kindergarten student and his mother were struck and killed by a school bus on Thursday while walking to school in suburban New York, authorities said. The crash happened just after 8:30 a.m. in the village of Mamaroneck in Westchester County. ...

Movie Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness,' Emma Stone’s latest foray into fearlessness with Yorgos Lanthimos

Jun. 20, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

If our world should one day cease to exist, and some improved civilization from another galaxy stumbles upon our popular culture and seeks to understand all the fuss about Emma Stone — well, we now have the film clip they should see. She’s not even speaking, so translating Earth...

Italian coast guard recovers 12 more bodies of shipwreck victims in the Ionian Sea

Jun. 20, 2024 15:22 PM EDT

MILAN (AP) — The Italian coast guard on Thursday recovered 12 more bodies from a weekend shipwreck in the Ionian Sea off the southern Italian coastline, bringing to 20 the number of known victims from the sinking. Dozens more are missing and presumed dead. The bodies, including...

Minivan carrying more than a dozen puppies crashes in Connecticut. Most are OK

Jun. 20, 2024 14:32 PM EDT

WOODSTOCK, Conn. (AP) — A minivan carrying 14 puppies hit a utility pole and rolled over in Connecticut on Thursday morning, injuring several dogs, authorities said. Dogs of several breeds were in crates in the back of the minivan when it crashed at about 6 a.m. in Woodstock, a...

Survivors of New Hampshire motorcycle crash that killed 7 urge a judge to keep trucker off the road

Jun. 19, 2024 16:00 PM EDT

Days before the five-year anniversary of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists, relatives and friends urged New Hampshire officials Wednesday not to allow the trucker involved back on the state's roadways. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of multiple...