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October 10, 2019 - 7:12 am

Boxer Errol Spence seriously injured in Dallas Ferrari crash

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say welterweight boxing champion Errol Spence crashed a speeding Ferrari in Dallas and is badly injured but expected to survive. Police say the crash happened just before 3 a.m. Thursday when Spence's Ferrari crossed the median into oncoming traffic and flipped over...
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October 10, 2019 - 3:01 am

Trump says accidents happen in diplomat wife accident

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says he's planning to get involved in the case of an American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after she was involved in a fatal wrong-way crash. Trump on Wednesday called what happened "a terrible accident" and said his administration would seek to speak...
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 09, 2019 - 4:04 pm

Trump to get involved in crash involving diplomat's wife

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's planning to get involved in the case of an American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after becoming a suspect in a fatal wrong-way crash. Trump, who spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier in the day, told reporters...
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People clear the sidewalk after a fall snowstorm in Helena, Mont., on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The central Rocky Mountain region recieved its first dose of wintry weather. Mountainous areas recently hit by snowfall measured in feet (meters) could get another foot (30 centimeters) or more by Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
October 09, 2019 - 9:44 am

Fall snowstorm blasts Rockies, heading toward Midwest

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A fall snowstorm is snarling traffic and causing power outages in the Rocky Mountains as it slowly moves across the northern U.S. toward the Great Plains. Winter storm watches and warnings stretched from eastern Washington state to Minnesota, along with freeze warnings as far...
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October 08, 2019 - 2:30 am

Polish politician rescues child and father from burning car

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A left-wing party leader in Poland has won praise across the political spectrum for rescuing a 2-year-old boy and his father from a burning car. The accident occurred Monday evening in Tabor, south of Warsaw, when a car collided with a truck and began to burn. Robert Biedron...
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In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 photo s truck stands between damaged cars in Limburg, Germany. The truck drove into a line of eight cars in Limburg late Monday afternoon, pushing the vehicles into each other. Police said seven people were taken to hospitals and the driver also was slightly injured. He was detained. (Thorsten Wagner/dpa via AP)
October 08, 2019 - 1:25 am

Stolen truck crashes into cars in Germany, 8 hurt

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities were investigating Tuesday why a man drove a stolen truck into a line of cars in a western town, leaving eight people slightly injured. The truck drove into eight cars in Limburg late Monday afternoon, pushing the vehicles into each other. Police said seven people...
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Climate change protestors from the Extinction Rebellion movement gather to demonstrate at Town Hall in Sydney, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. In a series of protests also including Australian cities of Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, protestors are demanding much more urgent action against climate change. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
October 08, 2019 - 1:22 am

Climate activists block roads, protest in Australian cities

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Activists blocked major roads and demonstrated in Australian cities Tuesday in a second day of global protests by the Extinction Rebellion movement demanding more urgent actions to counter climate change. In Brisbane, protesters chained themselves to intersections in the...
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FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo, a man walks alone on normally busy road near the Legislative Council after protesters continue to protest against the extradition bill in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s embattled leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that the city’s economy is being battered by months of increasingly violent protests. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
October 08, 2019 - 12:36 am

Hong Kong leader says economy taking a hit from protests

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's economy is taking a beating from months of increasingly violent protests, the city's embattled leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday. Lam, addressing reporters after a long weekend of more turmoil, said tourism arrivals were down by half and that hotels and retailers were...
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October 07, 2019 - 4:58 pm

UN: More needed from UK, US and others on Hammarskjold crash

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the latest investigation into the mysterious 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold says an external attack may have downed the aircraft and is urging the U.S., Britain, South Africa and Russia to provide more information. Former...
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October 07, 2019 - 2:49 pm

Southwest pilots' union sues Boeing over grounding of plane

DALLAS (AP) — The union representing Southwest Airlines pilots is suing Boeing and calling the grounded 737 Max unsafe. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said in the lawsuit filed Tuesday that Boeing rushed the plane into service and misled pilots by saying it was little different than...
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