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Road rage shooting in LA leaves 1 dead, shuts down Interstate 5 for hours

Oct. 11, 2024 18:59 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An apparent road rage shooting during rush hour traffic in Los Angeles killed one person and injured another, authorities said Friday. The shooting, which was reported Thursday just after 4 p.m., closed down the northbound lanes of the Interstate 5 freeway...

Pilot of larger plane was looking away from smaller plane in Atlanta airport mishap, report says

Oct. 09, 2024 12:18 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The pilot of a larger plane was looking away from the tail of a smaller plane when the larger plane’s right wing hit the tail and knocked it over while taxiing at Atlanta’s airport on the morning of Sept. 10, according to an aviation safety report. The...

Technical problem at German air traffic control causes delays and some cancellations

Oct. 04, 2024 08:11 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A technical problem at Germany's air traffic control agency caused disruptions on Friday, with some flights canceled at Frankfurt Airport, the country's biggest. The air traffic control company DFS said the problem that arose Friday morning affected flight plans and...

Ohio girl concedes cutting off tanker that spilled chemical last year in Illinois, killing 5

Oct. 03, 2024 15:06 PM EDT

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...

Reid Airport expansion plans call for more passenger gates, could reduce delays

Oct. 02, 2024 17:24 PM EDT

A plan to expand and modernize Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas — the seventh-busiest airport in North America — received an informal go-ahead from Clark County commissioners Tuesday. The proposal, presented by County Department of Aviation officials, would increase...

A partial bridge collapse in eastern Germany disrupts traffic. No one was injured

Sep. 11, 2024 22:41 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Officials are investigating why a concrete bridge partially collapsed in eastern Germany early Wednesday, disrupting a major traffic artery in Dresden and interrupting the heating system for a city nicknamed "Florence on the Elbe” for its Baroque architecture. No...

Cars collect troves of data about traffic and road hazards. Should they share it?

Sep. 08, 2024 13:35 PM EDT

The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah's largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters inside commuter buses talk directly to the traffic signals in the Salt...

Errant ostrich brings traffic to a halt in South Dakota after escaping from a trailer

Aug. 28, 2024 10:53 AM EDT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An ostrich brought traffic to a halt in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday as motorists tried to lure and nudge the towering bird off a multilane thoroughfare. Drivers called Sioux Falls police just before noon to report the roughly 7-foot-tall bird in...

1 killed in interstate crash involving truck carrying 'potentially explosive' military devices

Aug. 27, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

BRINKLEY, Ark. (AP) — A crash on Interstate 40 in Arkansas involving two tractor-trailers and a truck carrying “potentially explosive” military devices killed one person and backed up traffic for hours on the busy highway, officials said. The crash Monday afternoon near...

10-foot python found during San Francisco Bay Area sideshow bust

Aug. 25, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 10-foot-long python was discovered in a vehicle during a bust of an illegal sideshow in the San Francisco Bay Area that attracted hundreds of people, authorities say. The Vallejo Police Department said officials received multiple calls around 11:12 p.m....