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A bus plummeted 50 feet from an elevated road in Venice, killing 21 people in a fiery crash
VENICE (AP) — A bus carrying dozens of people plummeted 15 meters (50 feet) from an elevated road in Venice, causing a fiery crash that killed 21 people and injured at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby campsite. Those who died in the Tuesday night crash...
Bus crash across lagoon from Venice's historic center kills 21 people, including Ukrainian tourists
ROME (AP) — At least 21 people were killed and 18 injured in a fiery bus crash in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, where firefighters and other emergency responders worked into the night trying to extract bodies and squelch the flames. The bus...
A string of volcanic tremors raises fears of mass evacuations in Italy
ROME (AP) — Hundreds of small tremors have shaken a densely populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, pushing the government to quickly redraft mass evacuation plans, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption. In the latest of a...
Sleater-Kinney announce new album ‘Little Rope’ — shaped by loss and grief — will arrive in 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a video introducing Sleater-Kinney’s last album, 2021’s “Path of Wellness,” the duo of Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker ask a psychic if they’ll ever record another album. She initially says yes, then changes her answer to “That’s really up in the air.” ...
McIlroy loses match then his temper at Ryder Cup after clash involving Cantlay's caddie
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy lost his match at the Ryder Cup. Then he lost his cool. In scenes sure to stoke tensions ahead of Sunday's singles, McIlroy accused Patrick Cantlay ’s caddie, Joe LaCava, of waving his hat in his line of vision ahead of the European...
Rahm says Koepka criticism was over something that wouldn't register on 'Jon anger' scale
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Brooks Koepka could have used a board to pound Saturday in the Ryder Cup. Jon Rahm didn't need one, and he doesn't know what caused all the fuss. Koepka kept everyone guessing — about the incident, not his blunt nature — when he accused the...
Pope Francis creates 21 new cardinals who will help him to reform the church and cement his legacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis created 21 new cardinals at a ritual-filled ceremony Saturday, including key figures at the Vatican and in the field who will help enact his reforms and cement his legacy as he enters a crucial new phase in running the Catholic Church. On a crisp...
Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. Musk late Friday shared a video that showed migrants and aid workers on a boat. The right-wing...
Libya's coast guard rams into a dingy with some 50 migrants. Many onboard get thrown into the sea
CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan coast guard boat rammed into a dingy carrying some 50 migrants just off Libya's coast on Friday, partially sinking the vessel. Many of those onboard were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea and had to swim to another Libyan ship nearby for safety, a rescue group said. ...
Best friends Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns again struggle together in Ryder Cup loss
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Best friends away from the golf course, it’s been a struggle for Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns when they play the sport together. The latest example came when the Americans won only one hole in the opening match of the Ryder Cup on Friday. ...
