At least 16 people have died at the park this year, including five fatalities in August alone. No single factor is to blame, but several deaths have followed stretches of extreme weather.
Investigators found a loose cable that could have caused electrical issues on the Dali, the cargo ship that lost power and struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span to collapse.
The man behind the wheel during the Park Tavern crash had five previous DWI convictions. It brings up questions about the sometimes complicated path to sobriety.
The crash occurred around 7:30 a.m. and the bus, which was carrying pre-K through 12th grade students, rolled at the intersection of Highway 5 and Townline Road in St. Louis County.
Prosecutors on Monday filed third-degree murder charges against Steven Frane Bailey of St. Louis Park, the alleged drunk driver in the Park Tavern crash. The new charges come in addition to two counts of vehicular homicide and nine counts of criminal vehicular operation that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty filed last week.
Five people were seriously injured in a shooting on a highway north of London, Ky., on Saturday, the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities are searching for one suspect.
In a post shared widely on social media, Jennifer Carter gave her account about what it took to keep her students safe at the Georgia school where four people died this week.
Dozens of residents called 911 with reports of gunfire early Saturday morning, according to Minneapolis police. Officers say they found a man with an AK-style rife, a handgun and a backpack containing several magazines of ammunition.
Just one month into the school year, four people were ripped away from their loved ones, their lives ended by a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga.
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