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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — We are taking a deeper look into problems facing pedestrians in the Bluff City after two people were killed in crashes in the last 48 hours. As the sun rose Tuesday morning, Memphis Police were once again investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. This one happened around 5:45 a.m. at Southern […]

A school bus crashed and ended up over an embankment Monday in Kentucky, with 18 children and the driver taken by helicopter or ambulance to hospitals with varying degrees of injury, officials said.

Three student-athletes from a Chicago high school hockey team were critically injured when a semi truck slammed into the school bus they were riding in Saturday evening, police say.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Aliyah Boston was solid as usual, and she’s just one of the post players No. 1 South Carolina can send at an opponent in waves. “We pass the bus test,” coach Dawn Staley said. “We do do that.” As impressive as the Gamecocks may look when they disembark at the […]

“At the risk of repeating one of those parenting cliches that I would’ve rolled my eyes at a week ago, I’m thankful that I trusted my gut,” Ethan’s mother said. “Even when Ethan was being a wild child at urgent care, I knew something just wasn’t right. What I didn’t know was how much he had been struggling to breathe.”

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Milan, Tennessee man was killed in a collision with a school bus in Dyer County on Wednesday. Aaron Barksdale, 21, was killed when his Chevy Malibu hit a school bus at the intersection of Hogwallow Road and Jones Road around 7 a.m., the Tennessee Highway Patrol said in a report. No […]

An armed man allegedly hijacked an MTA bus in Queens on Thursday morning, causing the driver to jump out of a window before the bus crashed into a utility pole, according to law enforcement sources.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including “Will & Grace” and “American Horror Story,” has died. The Emmy-winner, whose videos turned him into a social media star during the pandemic, was 67. “The world is definitely a […]

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AP) — In nearly every corner of the globe, people are spending more on food and fuel, rent and transportation. But inflation isn’t affecting people equally. For migrants with relatives relying on money they send back, higher prices are pinching families twice: at home and abroad. Migrant workers who send cash […]

BEIJING (AP) — The sprawling Xinjiang region in western China has been hit with sweeping COVID-19 travel restrictions as the government ratchets up control measures across the country ahead of a key Communist Party congress later this month. Trains and buses in and out of the region of 22 million people have been suspended, and […]