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Suspect in family's killing in suburban Chicago dies along with passenger after Oklahoma crash
A suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago family died following a fiery crash in Oklahoma, along with a passenger, police said. Nathaniel Huey Jr., of Streamwood, Illinois, tried to elude authorities after a digital license plate detector spotted him Wednesday in...
Outdated headline sparks vicious online hate campaign directed at Las Vegas newspaper
NEW YORK (AP) — A Las Vegas newspaper is being viciously attacked online for its coverage of an alleged murder of a retired police chief, either because of a misunderstanding or a deliberate attempt to mislead. The “firehose of hatred” has led the Las Vegas Review-Journal to...
Top US Air Force official in Mideast worries about possible Russia-Iran 'cooperation and collusion'
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran's program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Middle East said Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Alexus...
Suspect in fatal shootings of 4 people in suburban Chicago dead after car crash in Oklahoma
A suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children died in a fiery crash Wednesday in Oklahoma, police said. Nathaniel Huey Jr., 32, of Streamwood, Illinois, was suspected in the deaths of Alberto Rolon, Zoraida Bartolomei and their two sons, ages 7...
4 firefighters heading home after battling B.C. wildfires die in vehicle crash in Canada
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — Four firefighters travelling home after battling British Columbia’s wildfires died Wednesday in a road crash. B.C. Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston said in a joint statement the firefighters died in a motor vehicle accident...
Crash involving school van kills teen and injures 5 others, including 2 adults
DRAVOSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A crash involving a school van and a car in western Pennsylvania left a teenage girl dead and sent five other people — three juveniles and two critically-injured adults — to area hospitals, authorities said. Allegheny County police said the Serra Catholic...
An American man is killed in a rafting accident in Slovenia, and two others are injured
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A U.S. citizen was killed and two others were slightly injured in a rafting accident in northwestern Slovenia, police said Wednesday. The accident happened Tuesday when two rafts carrying 16 passengers and a guide were on a trip down the Soca river,...
Today in History: September 20, Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in tennis 'battle of the sexes'
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2023. There are 102 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 20, 1973, in their so-called “battle of the sexes,” tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby...
2 teens in Las Vegas face murder charges for fatal hit-and-run they captured on video, police say
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two teenagers face murder charges for targeting a bicyclist in Las Vegas and capturing on video the moment they drove into the man as he pedaled along the side of a road, authorities said Tuesday. Las Vegas police said they have tied the teens to at...
Pilot of downed F-35 stealth fighter jet parachuted into residential backyard, official says
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The pilot of a $100 million stealth fighter jet parachuted safely into the backyard of a home in South Carolina after a malfunction forced him to eject from the aircraft, causing the plane to crash into a wooded area about 60 miles away. A U.S. Marine...
