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Hundreds hold vigil for victims of roof collapse in northern Serbian city

Nov. 02, 2024 14:48 PM EDT

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people lit candles and left flowers and toys on Saturday to commemorate 14 people who were killed when a concrete canopy crashed at the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. Holding signs with names of the...

Prosecutor says veteran's subway chokehold went 'too far.' Defense says his 'courage' helped others

Nov. 01, 2024 19:01 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers agree on this about Marine veteran Daniel Penny's encounter last year with a distressed, angry man making ominous remarks on a New York subway: Penny didn't mean to kill him. But a prosecutor told jurors Friday that Penny “went way...

Roof collapse at Serbian railway station kills at least 14

Nov. 01, 2024 16:15 PM EDT

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — A concrete roof above the entrance of a railway station in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad collapsed Friday, killing at least 14 people with more feared buried under the rubble, officials said. Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that three people were...

Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people

Nov. 01, 2024 10:11 AM EDT
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a roof collapse at a railway station in northern Serbia has killed at least 8 people.

It's spooky season. Here are some scary stories from around the world you probably haven't heard

Oct. 30, 2024 23:03 PM EDT

Some are well-worn warnings as familiar as the changing of seasons. Others are slow burns that end with a bang. Still others are just plain eerie. Stories of spiritual entities, paranormal activity and creepy cryptids are passed through generations the world over, becoming local...

Hip-hop producer Metro Boomin is accused of rape in lawsuit

Oct. 30, 2024 16:29 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit alleging that Metro Boomin, a Grammy-nominated producer who has worked with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, raped her in 2016 and she became pregnant from the attack. The producer’s attorney calls the...

Federal government hands out $2.4 billion for 122 railroad projects nationwide

Oct. 29, 2024 15:29 PM EDT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government is handing out $2.4 billion in railroad grants to help pay for 122 projects nationwide with more than half of the money going to smaller railroads. The grants announced Tuesday by the Federal Railroad Administration will go to projects...

A tram derails and plows into a shop in the Norwegian capital but only 4 are lightly injured

Oct. 29, 2024 08:13 AM EDT

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A tram derailed in downtown Oslo and plowed into a phone and computer shop on Tuesday, Norwegian police said, but the accident only left four people lightly injured. There were about 20 people on the commuter train when it derailed off the tracks at an...

Chicago train operator had alcohol in his system during 2023 crash, officials say

Oct. 24, 2024 17:23 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators say the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed almost a year ago had alcohol in his system but it wasn't a factor in the incident. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a slow-moving snow plow that was on the rails on Nov....

Train carrying 55 people derails on Norway's north coast, killing at least 1 person and injuring 4

Oct. 24, 2024 11:49 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway’s northern coast derailed Thursday with 55 people on board, police said. The Arctic Circle Express was on its way from Trondheim to the remote northern town of...