Car crashes into Atlanta bus, shuts down busy intersection
RIVERDALE, Ga. — A car crashed into an Atlanta public transit bus Wednesday morning and shut down a busy intersection for hours.
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Virus dispute could force Iowa schools leader out of job
DES MOINES, Iowa — Like superintendents across the U.S., the leader of Iowa’s largest school system has faced plenty of criticism from parents, politicians...
Fraternity members plead not guilty in Ohio hazing death
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Seven men pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to various charges connected to the death of a 20-year-year-old university student in...
Student’s arrest for racist post sparks free speech debate
The arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a Black classmate on social media is being supported by...
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has...
Freaked by cicada swarms? You could just stick a fork in ’em
NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it's time they invaded your kitchen.
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Hundreds in California line up for blooming ‘corpse flower’
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city flocked to an abandoned gas station to get a whiff of a corpse...
Belarusian military jet crashes, killing 2
KYIV, Ukraine — A Belarusian military jet crashed Wednesday, killing both pilots, the military said.
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Court declares Texas man innocent after DNA cleared him
HOUSTON — A Houston man who had been convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing but was later eliminated as the killer by DNA evidence...
Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country's first woman chief justice...