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Woman pleads guilty to being accessory in fatal freeway shooting of 6-year-old boy

Apr. 26, 2024 16:46 PM EDT

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact for being the driver of the car from which her boyfriend fatally shot a 6-year-old boy on a busy Southern California highway. The Orange County Register reports that Wynne Lee, 26, entered the...

Driver charged with negligent homicide in fiery crash that shut down Connecticut highway bridge

Apr. 25, 2024 16:42 PM EDT

A man accused of causing a fiery crash that shut down a major Connecticut highway bridge and killed a fuel delivery truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide, police said Thursday. State police said Reginald Collins, 59, turned himself in Wednesday after learning that...

Man who shot ex-Saints star Will Smith receives 25-year prison sentence for manslaughter

Apr. 25, 2024 15:13 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom. It was the second time Cardell Hayes, 36, had faced sentencing in Smith's death. He...

4 die in fiery crash as Pennsylvania police pursued their vehicle

Apr. 25, 2024 14:04 PM EDT

CONCORD, Pa. (AP) — Three adults and a pregnant teenager died in a fiery crash as police pursued their vehicle in connection with retail thefts in southeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. The car was speeding away from a traffic stop with seven people inside Wednesday...

Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash

Apr. 25, 2024 13:34 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash.

Sister of Mississippi man who died after police pulled him from car rejects lawsuit settlement

Apr. 24, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who sued Mississippi's capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the city would pay his survivors, her attorney said Wednesday. George Robinson, 62, died in January 2019,...

Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot

Apr. 24, 2024 16:14 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the...

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

Apr. 24, 2024 07:08 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation. ...

Cleveland to pay $4.8M to family of teen killed by stolen car during police chase

Apr. 22, 2024 16:21 PM EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 13-year-old girl killed when a stolen car driven by a teenage carjacker jumped a curb during a police pursuit and struck her. The settlement attorneys for the family announced Monday is one of the largest in Ohio...

1 killed, 9 inured when car collides with county bus in Milwaukee

Apr. 21, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle crashed into a Milwaukee County bus Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring nine others, authorities said. The crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Milwaukee between a car traveling south at West Wisconsin Avenue and North 35th Street...