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UK family loses court battle in US diplomatic immunity case
LONDON (AP) — The parents of a British teen who was killed in a crash lost a court battle with the U.K. government Tuesday over whether an American woman involved in the collision had diplomatic immunity. The family has been seeking justice for 19-year-old Harry Dunn, who died after his motorbike crashed...
NYC-area train derailment hurts no one, snarls morning rush
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. (AP) — Eight cars of a New York City-bound commuter train derailed early Tuesday, leading to delays during the morning rush hour. No injuries were reported. The NJ Transit derailment happened in Perth Amboy around 12:20 a.m. as North Jersey Coast Line Train 3292 headed to New York's Penn...
Woman killed after colliding with St. Louis bus
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police continue to investigate a crash involving a MetroBus that killed a woman. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the accident happened just after 11 a.m. Monday at the intersection of North Jefferson and Cass avenues. The bus had collided with a car. The woman driving...
Projects to focus on missing, murdered Indigenous peoples
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma and five other states will participate in pilot projects to better coordinate investigative efforts surrounding cases of missing or murdered Indigenous peoples, U.S. Attorneys Trent Shores and Brian Kuester announced Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice projects created...
Search on for 4-member crew of sunken Atlantic fishing boat
BOSTON (AP) — The Coast Guard is searching for the four-member crew of a Maine fishing boat that sank off Massachusetts early Monday. The 82-foot (25-meter) Emmy Rose went down about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, the Coast Guard said in an emailed statement. The Coast...
Trucks keep striking Missouri overpass, over and over
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Despite the warning signs and flashing lights, trucks just can't seem to stop hitting a Kansas City, Missouri, overpass. The Kansas City Star reports that the bridge on Independence Avenue is struck so often that it has its own satirical Facebook page proclaiming, “I have...
Speedboat taking migrants to Greece partially sinks; 1 dead
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A speedboat that appeared to have been smuggling migrants to the Greek island of Rhodes from nearby Turkey partially sank before reaching land, leaving one person dead, Greece's coast guard said Monday. The coast guard said it received information about the speedboat near the...
Trial delay for Quincy woman accused in crash that killed 4
QUINCY, Ill. (AP) — The December trial for a Quincy woman charged with murder after a car crash that killed three children and an adult has been delayed to next year. Natasha McBride, 36, briefly appeared in Adams County Circuit Court last week, according to The (Quincy) Herald-Whig. McBride’s...
Grounded Baltic Sea ferry pulled off seabed, resumes trip
HELSINKI (AP) — A passenger ferry that ran aground in heavy winds in a Baltic Sea archipelago between Finland and Sweden was dragged off the shore and towed early Sunday to a port, where some of its over 300 passengers disembarked. The M/S Viking Grace was sailing Saturday from the Swedish capital of...
Passengers spend night on Baltic Sea ferry that ran aground
HELSINKI (AP) — A Baltic Sea ferry with 331 passengers and a crew of 98 run aground in heavy storm winds Saturday in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden. Finnish authorities said there were “no lives in immediate danger” and the vessel, inspected by divers, wasn't...
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