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A bus headed for Switzerland crashes off a German highway, killing 4 people

Mar. 27, 2024 18:09 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Four people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland drove off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, police said. The accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 a.m, less than two hours after the bus left...

11-year-old killed in snowmobile crash in northern Maine

Mar. 26, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

CHAPMAN, Maine (AP) — An 11-year-old boy crashed a snowmobile and was killed while attempting to park in his family's garage, game wardens said Tuesday. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, sped across a field and crashed into a corner of the garage around 7:30 p.m. Monday, said...

18-year-old charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed a woman and 3 children in a van

Mar. 23, 2024 18:33 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a four-car crash in a Seattle suburb that killed a woman and three children in her van, online jail records indicate. Chase Daniel Jones was taken into custody...

With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe?

Mar. 23, 2024 08:38 AM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — It has been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you would never know that by reading about a torrent of flight problems in the last three months. There was a time when things like cracked windshields and minor engine problems didn't turn up...

FBI tells passengers on the Alaska Airlines flight that lost a panel they might be crime victims

Mar. 22, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime. “I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible victim of a crime,” a victim specialist from the federal agency's...

Stellantis recalls nearly 318,000 cars to replace side air bags that can explode and hurl shrapnel

Mar. 22, 2024 14:22 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is recalling nearly 318,000 Dodge and Chrysler sedans worldwide because the side air bag inflators can explode with too much force and hurl metal fragments at drivers and passengers. The recall covers air bag inflators on both sides of certain Dodge...

Bus hijacked in downtown Los Angeles collides with several vehicles and crashes into a hotel

Mar. 22, 2024 04:38 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who indicated he had a gun hijacked a transit bus in downtown Los Angeles and then grabbed the wheel, causing the bus to collide with several vehicles and crash into a hotel, police said Thursday. Only the driver was on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan...

Weeping, weak and soaked, dozens of Rohingya refugees rescued after night on hull of capsized boat

Mar. 21, 2024 07:56 AM EDT

MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees, and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship...

Infant dies days after 3 family members were killed in San Francisco bus stop crash

Mar. 21, 2024 00:37 AM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An infant whose parents and brother were killed when an SUV plowed into a San Francisco bus stop over the weekend has died, officials said Wednesday. Supervisor Myrna Melgar, who represents the area where Saturday's crash occurred, confirmed the child's death,...

A bus crashes into a tunnel wall in northern China, killing 14 people

Mar. 20, 2024 04:27 AM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — A bus crashed into a tunnel wall on an expressway in northern China killing 14 people, state media said Wednesday. Thirty-seven other people were injured in the Tuesday afternoon crash, state broadcaster CCTV said. The bus was carrying 51 passengers when it hit the...