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A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead
BERLIN (AP) — A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany on Saturday left two people dead and another four seriously injured, police said. The accident happened on an exit from the A11 highway that leads to a parking lot close to an interchange near Prenzlau, northeast of...
Lawsuit by New Orleans truck attack victims says city, contractors failed to implement safety system
Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year's truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from an Army veteran who sped around a police blockade and raced down Bourbon...
Stowaways on planes and inside landing gear raise worries about aviation security
What is going on with aviation security? People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice in the past month. Two stowaways were arrested on different flights in November and December. Then a passenger opened an emergency door while a plane was taxiing in Boston...
UK police face probe into handling of sex crimes allegations against Harrods owner Al Fayed
LONDON (AP) — British police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of sex crimes allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed, the late owner of upmarket department store Harrods. The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Wednesday that it will...
The polar vortex brings its bitter cold to the Southern US
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The plunging polar vortex brought subfreezing temperatures Tuesday to some of the southernmost points of the U.S., threatening to dump snow on parts of Texas and Oklahoma in coming days and contributing to a power outage in Virginia's capital that made the water unsafe to...
New Orleans is a city marked by tragedy. But don’t call locals resilient
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — She ran around in silver sparkling shoes, her faux chainmail tunic shimmering in the freezing breeze, maneuvering horses made of paper mâché, a giant green dragon, and sheep constructed from milk cartons. Antoinette de Alteriis was preparing with hundreds of...
US opens another Tesla probe, latest focused on tech that remotely returns car to driver
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into 2.6 million Teslas after reports of crashes involving the use of company technology that allows drivers to remotely command their vehicle to return to them, or move to another location, using a phone app. The...
Biden tells New Orleans mourners they are not alone as he honors victims of attack
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Joe Biden told mourners in New Orleans on Monday that they are not alone as he paid tribute to victims of the deadly New Year’s attack and channeled the pain felt by their loved ones. Biden made the remarks at St. Louis Cathedral in the city's...
What to know about the Meta glasses the New Orleans attacker used to scout the French Quarter
NEW YORK (AP) — The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14, had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses, the FBI said. On Oct. 31, Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded video with the glasses as...
Timeline of the New Year's Day truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14
A timeline of events leading to and following the New Year's Day vehicle attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans before police fatally shot the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, at the crash scene in the city's French Quarter: — June 22-July 3, 2023 —...
