By ANGIE WANG , Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Police say they’ve responded to an active shooter situation at the Fifth Third Bank building in downtown Cincinnati and there are multiple injuries. The police department in a Tweet described it as an “active shooter/officer involved shooting incident.” The situation appeared to be under control shortly…
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three children, including two infants, were among the dozens of passengers seriously injured when the commercial bus they were riding in was hit head-on by a semitruck on a New Mexico highway, killing eight people, hospital officials said Friday. Officials at University of New Mexico…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two people are being treated for injuries after entering a neighbor’s burning home to rescue a child in south St. Louis. The St. Louis Fire Department says a blaze broke out Thursday afternoon at a home in the 1400 block of Graham. The department says two neighbors rescued a child and…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — An aviation expert says passengers in plane crashes like Tuesday’s Aeromexico accident — in which no one died — have better chances of survival due to more robust aircraft construction. Air safety investigator Adrian Young, from the Netherlands-based consultancy To70, said that crash survival rates “are higher than they have ever…
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say people have been taken to a local hospital after a tornado hit a factory in Pella where some people were working. Pella Police Lt. Shane Cox told KCCI-TV some people from Vermeer Manufacturing were taken to a hospital, but he didn’t know the extent of injuries or the…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet blew an engine at 32,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window, setting off a desperate scramble by passengers to save a woman from getting sucked out. One person died and seven others were injured. Travelers said fellow passengers dragged the unidentified woman back in…
DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Four firefighters are recovering from non-life threatening injuries suffered while battling a five-alarm brush fire in Jefferson County. The fire was reported Thursday afternoon near DeSoto. About 15 acres burned, along with five sheds and a barn. One residence sustained an undisclosed amount of damage. Authorities say one firefighter was…
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Parents described a chaotic and frightening situation as they rushed to find their children in the frantic minutes after reports of a shooting at a South Florida high school began to spread. Caesar Figueroa says he was one of the first parents to arrive at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…
PARKLAND, FL (AP) Updated 3:22 p.m. CT: Authorities say the shooter at a South Florida high school is now in custody. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office gave no details in briefly tweeting that development. It did not identify the shooting suspect nor say how the person was taken into custody. Television footage showed police putting a…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after being rescued from an overnight house fire in Cahokia. The fire broke out around 2 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Westwood Drive. Firefighters pulled an elderly man and his daughter from the burning home and had to perform CPR. The man…