4 d. ago Oklahoma school bus carrying softball team crashes and injures 8 people

A school bus carrying softball team members crashed and ejected some passengers in Oklahoma, injuring eight people, the state highway patrol said. The crash happened Monday night on U.S. Highway 152 near Minco in Grady County, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of Oklahoma City. Three adults and five juveniles were hurt and were taken […]

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5 d. ago Train slams into a bus outside Mexico City and kills at least 8 people

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in the town of Atlacomulco. The state of Mexico’s civil defense agency said via X that authorities were still working at the site of […]

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5 d. ago See the moment Toronto flight's landing gear collapsed touching down in St. Maarten

Multiple videos shared on social media over the weekend show the shocking moment a WestJet flight out of Toronto made a hard landing in St. Maarten, a tropical destination located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at the island's Princess Juliana International Airport and involved a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft, operating as flight WS2276 from Toronto Pearson Airport. Videos taken from several angles show the aircraft made a hard landing at 1:31 p.m., resulting in a small cloud of smoke on the runway. The airport confirmed that despite 164 passengers being onboard, no injuries were reported, although three people were taken for medical evaluation out of an abundance of caution. Today a WestJet B-737 had a right main landing gear collapse while landing at St. Marteen. No one was hurt. Jet [Reg. "C-GWSR"] was operating as Flight WS2276, inbound from Toronto. Updates later. pic.twitter.com/a1T7UEprcm&m...

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9 d. ago ’We send strength’: James Smith Cree Nation offers condolences to Hollow Water

Messages of condolences and support poured in for a Manitoba First Nation after a mass stabbing on Thursday, including from a First Nation in Saskatchewan that experienced one of its own exactly three years earlier. Police say eight people were found severely injured in two homes on Hollow Water First Nation, northeast of Winnipeg. An […]

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9 d. ago Gun store owner says shooter who killed 2 schoolchildren showed no warning signs before attack

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — The shooter who killed two schoolchildren and injured 21 other people at a Catholic church in Minneapolis was caught on video visiting a suburban gun shop the weekend before the attack, but the owner of the store said Thursday that his staff saw no warning signs in his conduct. […]

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1 week ago Death toll in Lisbon streetcar crash rises to 17 as Portugal observes national day of mourning

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The death toll in the crash of a famous Lisbon streetcar popular with tourists rose to 17 Thursday after two of the 23 injured people died, an emergency services official said. The dead were all adults, Margarida Castro Martins, head of Lisbon’s Civil Protection Agency, told reporters. She didn’t provide their […]

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1 week ago Lisbon funicular accident kills at least 15, authorities say

An accident in Lisbon, Portugal involving the Gloria funicular railway car has killed at least 15 people and injured several others, according to local authorities.

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1 week ago Gov. Tim Walz to call special session on gun laws after Minneapolis school shooting

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz plans to call a special legislative session to consider tougher gun laws following a shooting last week at a Catholic school in Minneapolis that left two children dead and 21 people injured. The Democrat told reporters Tuesday, after welcoming children back to a public school in the Minneapolis suburb […]

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1 week ago Ottawa vows to help Afghans hit by deadly earthquake as aid groups call out aid rest

OTTAWA — Ottawa says it’s ready to help Afghans in the wake of a deadly earthquake, even as one organization warns that Canada is making it hard to reach those living under Taliban rule. The Taliban government says more than 1,400 people died and more than 3,000 were injured when the earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan […]

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1 week ago Bills defensive tackle Carter to miss season after tearing Achilles: AP sources

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills backup defensive tackle DeWayne Carter will miss the season after tearing his Achilles tendon, two people with knowledge of the injury confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday. The people spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team is off and has yet to reveal […]

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2 w. ago Several people injured when boat crashes onto another on Okanagan Lake

Police say they've confirmed impairment and weather conditions were not factors in the collision and the matter remains under investigation

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3 w. ago Three injured, four in custody after shooting in Caledon: OPP

CALEDON — Ontario Provincial Police say three people are injured and four are in custody after an early morning shooting in Caledon. Police say officers arrived at a residence on Finnerty Side Road after getting reports of gunshots fired at approximately 5:15 a.m. on Saturday. They say a shelter-in-place advisory was issued and roads were temporarily […]

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3 w. ago Rollover crash involving tour bus near Buffalo leaves multiple dead, others injured

PEMBROKE, N.Y. — A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls with 51 passengers crashed and rolled Friday on an interstate highway, killing and injuring multiple people, police said. The bus apparently lost control on I-90 near Pembroke, about 40 kilometers east of Buffalo. People inside were ejected as the windows shattered. […]

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3 w. ago Lake Okanagan Resort residents push for new water treatment plant, following McDougall Fire

“Step up and show some real action toward resolving this so we can start building our building and get people home,” said Lake Okanagan community member.

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3 w. ago Bus crash kills 79 people, including 19 children, returning to Afghanistan from Iran

Two people were also injured in the crash, Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani tells The Associated Press

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