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Suspect in deadly Minnesota crash convicted of federal gun and drug charges
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury on Friday convicted a Minnesota man accused of causing a 2023 car crash that killed five young women of federal firearm and drug offenses. Derrick John Thompson, 29, of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, was found guilty of illegal possession of a firearm...
Teen held in fatal 2023 crash into Las Vegas bicyclist captured on video found unfit for trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of two teenagers charged with murder in the fatal video-recorded crash of an allegedly stolen car into a bicyclist in Las Vegas last year has been found unfit to stand trial next month. Court records showed Thursday that a state court judge on Wednesday ordered...
Early morning crash of 2 cars on Ohio road kills 5, leaves 1 with life-threatening injuries
GOSHEN, Ohio (AP) — An early morning crash involving two cars on an Ohio road killed five people and critically injured another person, authorities said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a car heading northeast on Route 28 struck a car that had been trying to cross the road...
London police officer charged over death of woman struck by motorcycle during escort for UK royal
LONDON (AP) — A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with causing death by careless driving in connection with the death of an 81-year-old woman, who was killed last year in west London following a collision with a motorcycle that was part of an escort for the Duchess of Edinburgh. ...
A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. Another 50 people were injured as the Gran Grif gang burned homes and cars in the town of...
Detroit bus driver gets 6 months in jail for killing pedestrian
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit bus driver who had kept her job despite a record of crashes and aggressive driving was sentenced to at least six months in jail Thursday for killing a pedestrian. It was the second time that Geraldine Johnson's bus had struck and killed someone. ...
Ohio girl concedes cutting off tanker that spilled chemical last year in Illinois, killing 5
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal report on a tanker-truck crash a year ago in central Illinois that spilled a toxic chemical and killed five people includes an interview with a 17-year-old Ohio girl who concedes that the truck was forced off the road when she passed it with the minivan she was...
Bus full of wedding guests plunges into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan, killing 7
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least seven people, officials and rescuers said. The cause of the accident near Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, was not...
Sam Schmidt opens paralysis center in Indianapolis to rehabilitate trauma victims
Paralyzed in a racing accident nearly 25 years ago, Sam Schmidt has spent much of the last quarter century trying to prove to others that there is a way to have a meaningful life with a traumatic spinal cord injury. That was the furthest thing from his mind when he crashed at Walt...
Hair found in truck helps police identify suspect in 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick, 6
ALMA, Ark. (AP) — Hair found in a truck once owned by an Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago was the clue investigators needed to connect the dead inmate to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on...