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Teenager killed, 5 others injured in shooting in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 14-year-old girl was killed and five other teenagers were wounded in a shooting that took place in a parking lot in Buffalo, police said. Officers responded to the shooting just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Buffalo police. Details about what prompted the ...

Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies at 85

By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing tips started dragging along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older brother Dick Rutan. ...

Runaway steel drum from Pittsburgh construction site kills woman

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said. The accident occurred around 10:40 a.m. ...

Runaway steel drum from Pittsburgh construction site kills woman

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A steel drum weighing thousands of pounds somehow rolled out of a construction site in Pittsburgh and eventually struck and killed a woman who was walking on a nearby sidewalk, police said. The accident occurred around 10:40 a.m. Friday in the city's Oakland neighborhood, ...

Hundreds rescued from flooding in Texas as waters continue rising in Houston

By JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared ...