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A woman is arrested in fatal crash at San Francisco bus stop that killed 3 people

Mar. 18, 2024 19:56 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 78-year-old woman was arrested in connection to a fatal crash at a bus stop in San Francisco that killed two adults and a child and injured an infant who remains hospitalized, police said Monday. Mary Fong Lau, of San Francisco, was booked into jail on...

Chicago-area man gets 18 years for 2021 drunken driving crash that killed 3

Mar. 18, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for a 2021 drunken driving crash that killed three people. Brendan Wydajewski, 24, of Naperville was sentenced after pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated driving under the influence...

Former Louisiana police officer pleads guilty in chase that left 2 teens dead, 1 hurt

Mar. 18, 2024 17:17 PM EDT

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana police officer pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of manslaughter for the deaths of two teenagers and negligent injuring of a third following a New Year's Eve high-speed chase and crash in 2022. David Cauthron, 43, was sentenced to 32...

Experimental aircraft crashes in Arizona, killing 1 and seriously injuring another

Mar. 18, 2024 13:02 PM EDT

GILA BEND, Ariz. (AP) — An experimental, homemade aircraft crashed about 70 miles (111 kilometers) southwest of Phoenix, killing one person and seriously injuring another, authorities said. The aircraft went down at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday near the Gila Bend Municipal Airport with...

A highway crash in southern Afghanistan kills 21 people and injures 38

Mar. 17, 2024 20:33 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A highway crash in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured, according to a provincial traffic department. The crash occurred on Sunday morning in Gerashk district of Helmand province on the main highway between southern Kandahar and...

US to investigate Texas fatal crash that may have involved Ford partially automated driving system

Mar. 16, 2024 12:52 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, involving a Ford electric vehicle that may have been using a partially automated driving system. The agency said in a statement Friday that a team of investigators from its...

European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard

Mar. 15, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

ROME (AP) — The European charity ship Ocean Viking said Friday it rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters. In total, the vessel operated by the humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee...

Louisiana truck driver charged after deadly 2023 pileup amid 'super fog' conditions

Mar. 14, 2024 20:05 PM EDT

RESERVE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide for his role in a fiery highway pileup that left eight dead last year after a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog snared more than 160 vehicles, authorities said. On Oct. 23, Ronald...

GOP candidate for Senate in New Jersey faced 2020 charges of DUI, leaving scene of accident

Mar. 13, 2024 20:13 PM EDT

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey Republican candidate for U.S. Senate was arrested in August 2020 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident, according to police reports that came to light Wednesday. Alex Zdan, a former TV news...

US could end legal fight against Titanic expedition

Mar. 13, 2024 18:10 PM EDT

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government could end its legal fight against a planned expedition to the Titanic, which has sparked concerns that it would violate a law that treats the wreck as a gravesite. Kent Porter, an assistant U.S. attorney, told a federal judge in Virginia...