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As criminal charges move ahead against a former driver, Boston is still confronting what the child’s death revealed about its transportation system. BOSTON, Mass. — The arraignment of a former Boston school bus driver in the death of 5-year-old Lens Arthur Joseph has brought fresh attention to the larger failures city officials have already said were exposed by the child’s fatal 2025 crash. Jean Charles, 39, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Suffolk Superior Court to …

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School counselors were added after district leaders confirmed that two elementary students and one high school student died. CRETE, Ill. — Crete-Monee School District 201-U said Wednesday that three of its students were killed in a house fire that also claimed the life of 71-year-old Walter Palmer, turning a predawn emergency on Chalet Court into a day of grief across classrooms in Crete and Monee. The district’s announcement gave the tragedy a broader public shape. …

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An Air Canada Express jet hit a Port Authority fire truck after landing from Montreal late Sunday, sending more than 40 people to hospitals and triggering a federal investigation. NEW YORK, N.Y. — A regional Air Canada jet struck a Port Authority fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, killing the pilot and co-pilot, injuring dozens of other people and forcing the airport to close as federal investigators moved onto the runway. …

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Neighbors said the man was working on a GMC Yukon when the vehicle came down outside a home Friday afternoon. NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — A man died Friday afternoon outside a North Miami home while working on an SUV, and police were investigating after neighbors said the vehicle fell on him in the driveway area. The death drew attention because key details remained unsettled late Friday, even as neighbors described what they believed happened. North …

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Authorities say the infant suffered wounds consistent with a dog attack inside a mobile home Tuesday morning. NOVI, Mich. — A 5-day-old baby girl died Tuesday after police in Novi said she was apparently mauled by a dog inside a home in a mobile home park, setting off an investigation into how the attack happened and who was in the residence at the time. The death quickly became one of the region’s most jarring child-fatality …

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Public facts remain limited after a man reportedly shot himself during an early morning police encounter. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A fatal early morning encounter involving San Diego police is under renewed scrutiny after NBC 7 San Diego reported that a man shot himself while in SDPD custody after officers approached him in a parking lot around 3 a.m. The case stands out not only because of the death itself but because it appears to …

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Officials said residents jumped from upper floors as firefighters battled collapse conditions inside the Queens property. FLUSHING, N.Y. — Four people, including a 3-year-old boy, were killed Monday after a four-alarm fire tore through a mixed-use building on College Point Boulevard in Flushing, trapping residents, injuring others and forcing a large emergency response in Queens. The fire broke out just before 12:30 p.m. at a three-story building near Avery and Pople avenues, setting off a …

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Police said the victim was walking beside a float when she fell and was struck during the Highlands St. Patrick’s Day Parade. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman died Saturday after she was caught under a parade float vehicle during Louisville’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the Highlands, according to police, who said the incident happened near Bardstown Road and Grinstead Drive around 4 p.m. The death turned a crowded holiday event into an active police …

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Ashley Kimmons’ relatives are mourning as investigators work to determine how a child accessed the firearm. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One week after Ashley Kimmons was killed in an accidental shooting in southeast Memphis, her family is mourning in public while investigators are still working through the unanswered details of how the gun got into a child’s hands. The known facts in the case are brief but devastating. Police say Kimmons, 33, was shot Friday afternoon …

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Three other family members were hospitalized after the overnight blaze on Burleson Road. AUSTIN, Texas — Three children died and three other family members were hospitalized after a fire tore through a two-story apartment unit in Southeast Austin early Wednesday, drawing a large emergency response to a complex on Burleson Road, fire officials said. The fire quickly became one of the city’s deadliest residential blazes in recent months. Austin Fire Department crews said the victims …

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