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A bus carrying children overturns in northwest England, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl
LONDON (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren overturned on a highway near the English city of Liverpool on Friday, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl, police said. The bus was transporting students from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School on...
A car bombing struck a meat market in central Somalia. Six people died, officials say
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bombing struck a meat market in central Somalia on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 14, local officials said, the third attack of the day in the volatile East African country. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack at the...
Hundreds attend funeral for high school band director who died in bus crash
MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — A high school band director who died when a bus crashed while carrying students from New York to a band camp in Pennsylvania last week was remembered Thursday as a dedicated teacher with a zest for life. Gina Pellettiere, who led Farmingdale High...
Traffic deaths declined 3.3% in the first half of the year, but Fed officials see more work ahead
Traffic fatalities dropped 3.3% in the first half of the year compared with the prior-year period, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency said Thursday that an estimated 19,515 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the first half of...
Florida auto shop owner and angry customer shot each other to death, police say
LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A shooting at a Florida auto shop that killed two men was triggered by a former customer's dissatisfaction with work done on his car two years ago, police said Thursday. The Largo Police Department said Eugene Frank Becker, 78, arrived at Stout's Automotive in a...
3 people die in a crash involving 4 vehicles in New Hampshire
HOOKSETT, N.H. (AP) — Three people have died following a crash involving four vehicles in New Hampshire, police said. An SUV side-swiped two vehicles on a road and rear-ended a third on Route 3 before it crossed the road and hit a tree stump on Wednesday afternoon, police said in...
Editorial Roundup: Georgia
Dalton Daily Citizen. September 23, 2023. Editorial: Get a car and booster seat check In 2021, 710 children under age 13 were killed in passenger vehicle crashes in the United States and more than a third (36%) of those children were not restrained, according to the...
Family of West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck, killed by off-duty deputy demands jury trial
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty sheriff's deputy with his marked cruiser last year has filed a civil suit in federal court against the former officer and other county officials. Opal Slone, the mother of...
3 dead after sports car crashes in Indianapolis, minutes after police end pursuit
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three people including a teenage boy died when a sports car being chased by police in Indianapolis collided with another vehicle just minutes after officers ended their pursuit, authorities said Wednesday. An Indiana state trooper began the pursuit Tuesday night...
Azerbaijan arrests the former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan said it arrested the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia on Wednesday along with tens of thousands of others who have fled following Azerbaijan’s 24-hour blitz last week to reclaim control of the enclave....
