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Texas school bus with more 40 students crashes, killing 2 people, authorities say
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
BASTROP, Texas (AP) – A school bus with more than 40 prekindergarten students returning from a field trip collided with a concrete truck and rolled over Friday in Texas, killing two people, authorities said. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell said another vehicle was also involved in the crash in the suburbs outside ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Maria Machado names substitute while she fights ban
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado on Friday named a substitute to her presidential bid while she fights a government ban on her running for office. The announcement came after Machado faced increasing political repression from the government of President Nicolás Maduro as well as pressure from foreign leaders and fellow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia says 40 killed and more than 100 wounded in attack on Moscow concert hall
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Several gunmen burst into a large concert hall on the edge of Moscow on Friday and sprayed visitors with automatic gunfire, killing at least 40 and injuring 100 others in an attack that came just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on the country in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty in fatal kidnapping of 2-year-old Michigan girl in 2023
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan man pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and killing a 2-year-old girl whose disappearance last summer led to a 100-mile (161-kilometer) search that stretched from the state capital to the Detroit area. Rashad Trice, 27, admitted that he took Wynter Cole Smith from her home in Lansing as part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kremlin says 40 killed and more than 100 wounded in attack on Moscow concert hall
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s Federal Security Service said 40 people died and more than 100 were wounded in an attack Friday at a Moscow concert hall. The attack, which Russian authorities are investigating as terrorism, is the deadliest in Russia in recent years. Several gunmen burst into the concert hall on the edge of Moscow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top Russian agency investigating assault on concert hall as a terrorist attack
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s top investigative agency is investigating the shootings, explosions and fire at a Moscow concert hall as a terrorist attack. The Investigative Committee said it has opened a criminal probe into the charges, though it didn’t say who might be behind the attack. Several gunmen burst into a big concert hall on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen in combat fatigues fire on Moscow concert hall crowds, killing and wounding several people
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s top security agency, the Federal Security Service, said there are dead and wounded in a Moscow concert hall that is ablaze amid a shooting by several gunmen, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported. The report didn’t specify how many dead and how many wounded there were. Russia’s Health Ministry said some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen in combat fatigues fire at crowds at Moscow concert hall, a big blaze follows
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Several gunmen in combat fatigues burst into a big concert hall in Moscow on Friday and fired automatic weapons at the crowd, injuring an unspecified number of people, Russian media said. Russian news reports said that the assailants also used explosives, causing a massive blaze at the Crocus City Hall on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gunmen in combat fatigues open fire at Moscow concert hall, Russian news agencies say
By The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency reported that several gunmen fired shots at a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, leaving a number of people injured. RIA Novosti said at least three people in combat fatigues fired weapons. The state Tass news agency also reported the shooting at the Crocus City Hall, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House approves $1.2 trillion package of spending bills before shutdown deadline, Senate up next
By Kevin Freking, The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police find Missouri student Riley Strain’s body in Tennessee river; no foul play suspected
By Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press on March 22nd, 2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in Tennessee’s capital for nearly two weeks, has been found dead in a river, police announced Friday. No foul play is suspected, investigators said. Metro Nashville police officials confirmed that Strain’s body had been recovered from the Cumberland River approximately 8 ... Read More »
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