Posts

A worker helps clear the wreckage of a Greyhound bus that collided with tractor-trailers on the exit ramp to a rest area on westbound Interstate 70 in Highland, Ill., on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.Photo:Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP Three people were killed and at least 14 were injured, some seriously, when a Greyhound passenger bus struck three other vehicles early Wednesday in southern Illinois, state police said....

College Gardens Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland.Photo: Google Maps Three elementary school students in Maryland have been hospitalized after they allegedly mistook methamphetamine for candy. Montgomery County Policesaid in a statement Monday that they responded to a call at College Gardens Elementary School in Rockville after the 7-year-old students got sick and were transported to the hospital. The statement added that the incident occurred when the students found a container of blue items that they believed to be candy....

Firefighters in Cary, North Carolina, rescue Mudge the Great Dane puppy from an old well.Photo:Fairview Rural Fire Department Fairview Rural Fire Department Mudge the Great Dane puppy could’ve used some help from Lassie after he fell into an old well in Cary, North Carolina. While the famous collie wasn’t on hand to help, three fire departments banded together to save the 11-month-old canine. According toa Facebook postfrom the Cary Fire Department — which worked with the Fairview Rural Fire Department and the Swift Creek Fire Department to save the 100-lb....

From left, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao.Photo: AP/Shutterstock Kueng and Thao each faced an additional charge of failing to intervene as Chauvin harmed Floyd, on which they were also found guilty. For more on George Floyd’s civil rights case, listen below to our daily podcast on PEOPLE Every Day. “Today’s guilty verdicts should serve as the guiding example of why police departments across America should expand and prioritize instruction on an officer’s duty to intervene and recognize when a fellow officer is using excessive force,” wrote the George Floyd legal team in a statement Thursday....

Idris Elbais a name that resonates with many , from his iconic role as Stringer Bell in " The Wire " to his portrayal of Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . But who is the man behind these characters?Born in London , Elba ’s journeying from humble source to Hollywood stardom is nothing short of inspiring . Did you knowhe ’s also a disc jockey , going by the name disc jockey Big Driis ?...

From left, Billy Brackett, Joshua Seal and Steven Vozzella. On Wednesday night, multiple friends — including members of the deaf community — gathered atSchemengees Bar and Grille in Lewiston, Maine, to play cornhole. Around 7 p.m., a gunman stormed in the restaurant and opened fire on innocent people for a second time that evening, killing seven people inside and one person outside, officials announced. Four of the people killed at Schemengees — Joshua Seal, Billy Brackett, Steve Vozzella and Bryan MacFarlane — were deaf, according toThe Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing(MECDHH), and their untimely deaths have left the local deaf community reeling....

A 4-year-old Texas girl on the mend from recent brain surgery is missing after her stepfather says he was carjacked Friday night while driving with the girl and then knocked unconscious for about 24 hours. Police, who have issued an Amber Alert for Maleah Davis, concede “there’s a lot of blanks in the story,” Sgt. Mark Holbrook of the Houston Police saidat a news conferenceon Sunday. The man, Derion Vence, told police he was driving to the George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 6 p....

Quervain Syndrome , also know asDe Quervain ’s Tenosynovitis , is a dreadful stipulation affecting the sinew on the ovolo side of your wrist . If you ’ve ever mat a sharp painful sensation when turn your carpus , grasping object , or making a clenched fist , you might be make do with this issue . It ’s common among unexampled parents , gamers , and anyone who do insistent bridge player movement ....

Pediatric T - Cell Leukemiais a character of cancer that touch on the blood and os vegetable marrow , primarily in children . This fast-growing disease originates in MT - cells , a case of blank rip cellphone crucial for the immune system . ahead of time symptomsoften mimic common illnesses , making early detection challenge . These can includefever , tiredness , and egotistic lymph knob . Diagnosistypically involvesbloodtests , bone marrow biopsies , and imaging studies ....

Five people have died following a pair of chain-reaction crashes on an Arizona highway on Thursday, officials say. The firstcrash occurredaround 3:30 a.m., while traffic was backed up due to a commercial truck fire on the eastbound side of Interstate 10 near Riggs Road in Chandler, according to a press release from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. A semi-truck driver “failed to stop for congested traffic” near Wild Horse Pass Boulevard and rear-ended three other commercial trucks as a result, according to the officials....

Photo: Courtesy 01of 10 McKenzie Coan,Swimming,23 U.S. Olympic Committee What does it mean to you to compete in the Paralympics? What has been the hardest moment in your journey to the Paralympics? In my journey, the hardest part has been training through the broken bones that I routinely experience as a result of my condition, osteogensis imperfecta. Throughout my life, I’ve broken somewhere between 80 to 100 bones. People along the way have told me that I’m too fragile to compete or pursue my dreams, but with the support of my family and coaches, I’ve always found a way to push past the fractures and pain to reach and achieve at the highest level of Paralympic sport, sometimes competing with broken bones....

Five people died and three others were injured on Sunday after a plane fell apart mid-air, caught fire and crashed into a California home, according to reports. The pilot — who was the only one on board — died along with four people who were inside the Yorba Linda, California, home, at the time of the crash, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Cory Martino said at anews conference. He added the victims inside the home, which caught on fire, were two males and two females, but he couldn’t confirm their names or ages....

On the morning of April 28, 1979, 12-year-old Christina White went to the Asotin County Fair in Eastern Washington State before biking over to a friend’s house. A few hours later, White called her mom crying, saying she was feeling overheated. Her mom suggested she cool down with a cold cloth and then come home, a few blocks away. White never made it home and was not seen again....