Tag: Accidents
Officials: Migrant boat capsizes off Yemen, some 200 missing
SANAA, Yemen — U.N. and Yemeni officials said Monday a boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen a day earlier and some 200...
Illinois chemical plant explosion, fire prompt evacuations
ROCKTON, Ill. — An explosion at a chemical plant in northern Illinois sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black...
Woman dead, man missing after kids rescued from Texas river
SEGUIN, Texas — A woman has died and a man was missing Monday after emergency responders said they were swept away after rescuing two...
5 lawsuits from Hoboken train crash settled for $8 million
More than $8 million has been paid to settle five lawsuits stemming from the deadly crash of a New Jersey Transit train in...
NW Indiana man drowns while rescuing woman in Lake Michigan
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana man drowned in Lake Michigan after rescuing his girlfriend, conservation officers said Monday.
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8 hurt as vehicle crashes guard rail at Texas race track
FABENS, Texas — Eight people were injured Sunday night after a vehicle plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas.
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Police: Car plows into protesters in Minnesota, killing 1
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman was killed and two others were injured after being struck by a car during a protest in Upton on Sunday...
High court rejects 2 Virginia white nationalist rally cases
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place the convictions of two men who as members of a white supremacist group participated in...
Arkansas woman sues trooper for flipping car during stop
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas woman who says she was injured when a state trooper crashed into her car, causing it to flip,...
Heavy rains soak parts of Appalachia, northern Mississippi
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Storms with soaking rains drenched a wide swath of Appalachia and northern Mississippi this week, swamping farmland, flooding bridges, stranding people...