New Orleans attorneys accused of staging vehicle accidents in fraud scheme

Eight people and two law firms have been charged in what authorities say was more than a decade-long scheme of staging vehicle crashes in the New Orleans area and then submitting fraudulent insurance claims, leading to what prosecutors allege was the murder of one person to cover it up. ...

People jumping in front of cars to get injury payouts sparks a grim holiday warning in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A trend in South Africa of people jumping in front of slow-moving cars to get compensation payouts for injuries drew a warning Tuesday from the government’s national Road Accident Fund. In a statement, it said the phenomenon of people intentionally...

6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 semitrailer truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants, many of them...

Guatemalan and US officials say 6 people arrested over deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash that killed more than 50 migrants

2 killed in crash involving bus in east Alabama

VALLEY, Ala. (AP) — Two people were killed Monday when a bus, carrying people to a school for disabled adults and children, was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in east Alabama. The crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in Lee County, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. ...

The Latest: FBI offers $50K reward in hunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

The gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fled New York City by bus, police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of the suspected shooter leaving the scene of the shooting Wednesday showed him riding a bicycle to Central Park and later taking a taxi cab to...

Road accident in Ivory Coast leaves at least 26 dead and 28 injured

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A fiery crash involving two minibuses in Ivory Coast on Friday killed at least 26 people and injured 28 more, authorities said. The two vehicles collided in Brokoua, a village in the center west of the country, the transportation ministry said in a...

Georgia parents and teen indicted in fatal drunk driving accident

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia couple has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after authorities say they let their daughter and her friends drink alcohol before they got in a fatal car crash that left one of them dead. Hannah Hackemeyer, 18, was driving under the influence in...

Passengers in fatal bus crash near French ski resort were mostly Colombian nationals living in Spain

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Many of the victims of a bus crash in Southern France in which two people were killed and dozens of others were injured are citizens of Colombia, officials said Monday. In a statement published on X, Colombia’s foreign affairs ministry said 30 passengers...

A bus crashed near a ski resort in southern France killing 2 people and injuring at least 33

MADRID (AP) — A bus crashed Sunday evening near a ski resort in the Pyrenees mountains in southern France, killing at least two people and injuring 33 others, local authorities said. A total of 47 people including the driver were on the bus when it crashed near the ski resort of...