18 h. ago 1 killed, 32 injured in collision of bus and SUV on Los Angeles area freeway

Authorities say one person was killed and 32 people were injured when a tour bus and an SUV collided on a Los Angeles area freeway

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28 h. ago At least 21 passengers killed after bus skids off cliff in Sri Lanka

At least 14 people injured in crash near mountainous Kotmale town

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28 h. ago Horror bus crash kills 21: Overcrowded bus 'carrying Buddhist pilgrims' plummets off cliff in Sri Lanka

The accident - among the deadliest recorded in Sri Lanka for decades - occurred in the early hours of Sunday in an area near the town of Kotmale, about 86 miles east of the capital Colombo.

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30 h. ago Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others

A passenger bus has skidded off a cliff in Sri Lanka’s tea-growing hill country, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others

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4 d. ago Drunken driver who plowed into Minnesota restaurant patio, killing 2, pleads guilty to murder

A man who was driving drunk when he crashed into a patio at a popular restaurant, killing two people and injuring nine others, has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges

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4 d. ago Kashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack says Pakistan PM

Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation as tensions escalate after 31 people killed and 57 injured in Indian air force attackPakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after deadly India missile strikesAnalysis – India and Pakistan can ill-afford war, but who will talk them down?Footage shows the aftermath of India’s missile attack on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday.Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spoken with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call on Wednesday.Erdoğan stated that Turkey was ready to do what it can to prevent the tensions from escalating, and that his diplomatic contacts in that regard would continue. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Three people killed after small boat capsized off San Diego coast

Boat overturned by high surf near California left four others injured and US Coast Guard searching for nine missingThree people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early on Monday in high surf off the coast of San Diego, California.Vessels and helicopters with the US Coast Guard were searching for the missing while the four injured were sent to hospitals, authorities said. Coast Guard officials said they did not know where the 12ft (3.7-meter) boat was coming from before it flipped. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 3 killed and 9 missing after small boat capsizes off San Diego, Coast Guard says

Officials say three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned in the ocean off San Diego

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7 d. ago Three dead, five hurt after gunfire erupts at Arizona steakhouse: Police say no suspects in custody

Three people have been killed and and five others were injured in a shooting at a steakhouse in Glendale, Arizona, police have said.

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9 d. ago Israel says airstrikes in Syria are ‘message’ to protect Druze minority

Syria says at least one civilian killed in latest strikes, while most Druze leaders rebuff Israeli protectionIsraeli warplanes have carried out a series of airstrikes outside Damascus and across Syria, after warnings from Israeli officials that the country would intervene to protect the Syria’s minority Druze sect.The airstrikes targeted a Syrian military site in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, as well as hitting unknown targets in Deraa province in south Syria and Hama province in north-west Syria. At least one civilian was killed and four people were injured as a result of the Israeli bombings late Friday night, according to Syrian state media. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hallmark star chokes back tears after wife killed and young child injured in horrifying attack

Eleven were people were killed and dozens were injured after an SUV rammed through a packed street festival  Lapu Lapu Day - to honor Filipino heritage - at around 8pm local time on Saturday.

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1 week ago Gas explosion, arson ruled out as causes of northern China restaurant fire that killed 22, injured 3

Official reports say authorities in northern China have ruled out a gas explosion or arson as possible causes of a restaurant fire that killed 22 people and injured three others

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1 week ago Chinese authorities say 22 people killed, 3 injured in restaurant fire in northern city of Liaoyang

Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang

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2 w. ago Inside 'Vancouver's darkest day' as witnesses relive sick truck attack that killed 11

The horrific truck attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu festival celebrating Filipino culture on Saturday night, killed 11 and also left dozens of people injured

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2 w. ago Shooting in Myrtle Beach as one killed and 11 injured amid tourist season chaos

A man has been killed and at least eleven people have been injured in a shooting that took place at a popular tourist destination in South Carolina, with police opening fire during the incident

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2 w. ago How people witnessed the 'darkest day in Vancouver' when a car slammed into a crowded festival

Vancouver's Filipino community is mourning after a man rammed his black Audi SUV into the crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, killing 11 people and injuring dozens

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2 w. ago Suspect in Vancouver ramming attack charged with eight counts of murder

Prosecutors say more charges are possible against Kai-Ji Adam Lo, who was arrested at the sceneVancouver car-ramming attack – latest updatesThe suspect in a car-ramming attack that killed 11 people and injured dozens at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver has been charged with eight counts of second degree murder, prosecutors have said.More charges were possible against Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, the British Columbia prosecution service said. Investigators ruled out terrorism and said Lo had a history of mental health issues. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AP PHOTOS: A vehicle plows into a Filipino street festival crowd in Vancouver

A man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring more than 20 others, in what authorities described as a car ramming attack that shook the country ahead of a federal election.

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2 w. ago Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police

At least 11 people have been injured and one suspect has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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