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FBI investigates reported assault on Black man as hate crime
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The FBI is investigating as a hate crime the assault of a Black man by a group of white men at a southern Indiana lake, the victim's attorney said Tuesday. Vauhxx Booker, a local civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, said the men pinned him...
Helicopter helping to fight wildfire near Payson crashes
PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — A helicopter helping to fight a wildfire near Payson crashed Tuesday under unknown circumstances, authorities said. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the pilot was the only person aboard the UH-1H helicopter that went down Tuesday afternoon about 10 miles (16...
Police identify fourth victim killed in Iowa crash
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have released the name of the fourth victim of a fiery single-vehicle crash southwest of downtown Des Moines. Des Moines police said Tuesday that the Polk County Medical Examiners Office has identified the victim as 23-year-old Zachary McBride, of Weaver. Police previously...
Bodies of 6 of 8 Idaho plane collision victims recovered
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Searchers recovered the bodies of six of the eight people killed when two airplanes collided over a scenic mountain lake in Idaho, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Specialized divers were searching the bottom of Lake Coeur d'Alene for the remaining two...
Pedestrian footbridge damaged by derailment reopens in WVa
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — A popular pedestrian footbridge in West Virginia is repaired and back open following a train derailment. The footbridge crosses the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry into Maryland and draws tourists, bicyclists and hikers along the Appalachian Trail. “Hallelujah....
Trains collide head-on near Czech-German border; 2 dead
PRAGUE (AP) — Two passenger trains collided head-on in western Czech Republic, killing at least two people on board and injuring about 20, officials said on Tuesday. The Czech Rail Safety Inspectorate said the collision took place after 3 p.m. (1300 GMT) between the stations Nove Hamry and Pernink near the...
Ex-officer gets 4 months for deadly crash near Arrowhead
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former police officer was sentenced Tuesday to four months in jail for causing a 2018 wreck that killed a Kansas teenager and injured two others outside the stadium where the Kansas City Chiefs play. Thirty-five-year-old Terrell Watkins pleaded guilty in early June to first-degree...
12 years in prison for West Fargo man in fatal DUI crash
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A West Fargo man has been sentenced to spend 12 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a passenger in his vehicle last summer. A judge in Cass County on Monday suspended eight years of a 20-year sentence and ordered Daniel Dal Pozzo to serve five years of...
Shooting kills driver who crashes car into Subway restaurant
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man and two passengers in a car were shot at while driving, and then crashed into a Subway restaurant on the town line between Hartford and West Hartford, Connecticut. The driver, Junny Lara-Velazquez, 19, was shot in the head before crashing the vehicle into the side of the...
New Jersey man killed in wrong-way crash in Pennsylvania
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A New Jersey man driving the wrong way on a highway in Pennsylvania was killed when his car collided head-on with an ambulance, authorities said. The crash on Route 33 southbound in Bethlehem occurred around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Stanley Suttle, 54, of Phillipsburg, apparently was...
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