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Driver charged with DUI for New York nail salon crash that killed 4 and injured 9

Jun. 29, 2024 10:13 AM EDT

DEER PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Police on Long Island have arrested a man who is accused of driving while intoxicated after he crashed his SUV into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine others. Suffolk County Police said Saturday that Steven Schwally had been speeding through...

Minivan slams into a Long Island nail salon, killing 4 and injuring 9, official says

Jun. 28, 2024 22:55 PM EDT

A minivan slammed into a Long Island nail salon Friday, killing four and injuring nine people inside the business at the time, a Suffolk County fire official said. The vehicle came to a stop at the back of the Hawaii Nail & Spa store in Deer Park about 4:40 p.m. ...

Polls close in Iran presidential election held after hard-liner's death and as Mideast tensions rise

Jun. 28, 2024 17:13 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians voted on Friday in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, with the race's sole reformist candidate vowing to seek “friendly relations” with the West in an effort to energize supporters in a vote beset by apathy. ...

Polls close in Iranian presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash

Jun. 28, 2024 16:47 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Polls close in Iranian presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi after his death in a helicopter crash.

A father who lost 2 sons in a Boeing Max crash waits to hear if the US will prosecute the company

Jun. 28, 2024 08:15 AM EDT

As they travel around Alaska on a long-planned vacation, Ike and Susan Riffel stop now and then to put up stickers directing people to “Live Riffully.” It's a way for the California couple to honor the memories of their sons, Melvin and Bennett, who died in 2019 when a Boeing 737...

Iran opens voting in an election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash

Jun. 28, 2024 00:34 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran opens voting in an election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash.

Michigan woman to stand trial in crash that killed young brother and sister at birthday party

Jun. 27, 2024 15:59 PM EDT

A Michigan woman has been ordered to stand trial in a crash that killed two siblings and injured several other people who were at a boat club to celebrate a child's birthday. Marshella Chidester, 66, was bound over Thursday to Monroe County Circuit Court on two counts of...

As Iran's presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Jun. 26, 2024 01:00 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran's capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. The renewed crackdown comes not quite two years since...

Iran's supreme leader warns sole reformist in presidential race, while calling for 'maximum' turnout

Jun. 25, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader issued a thinly veiled warning Tuesday to the sole reformist candidate in the country's upcoming presidential election, saying anyone who believes “all ways to progress” come from the United States shouldn't be supported. ...

Rally great Ogier to remain hospitalized though 'no serious injuries' from crash in Poland

Jun. 25, 2024 17:20 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Eight-time world rally champion Sébastien Ogier will remain hospitalized overnight after he was involved in a crash in Poland on Tuesday while preparing for this week’s race, though his team said he was not seriously injured. The 40-year-old Ogier and...