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Pedestrians Scatter as Fire Causes New York Construction Crane’s Arm to Collapse and Crash to Street

NEW YORK (AP) — A towering construction crane caught fire high above the West Side of Manhattan on Wednesday morning, causing its long arm to snap off, smash against a nearby building and plummet to the street as people ran …

Two Pilots Walk Away from Boeing 737 Tanker Crash in Australia

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Two pilots walked away with minor injuries after a Boeing 737 jet converted for firefighting crashed in Australia, officials said Tuesday. The twin-engine tanker owned by Canadian-based Coulson Aviation crashed in Fitzgerald River National Park in …

27 Suffer Minor Injuries After Bus Rolls on I-95 in Maryland

KINGSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Twenty seven people suffered minor injuries Sunday after a bus crashed and rolled on I-95 north of Baltimore, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The crash occurred near Kingsville, Maryland, shortly before 7 a.m., fire …

Three Children Taken to Hospital After Car Hits Daycare Center

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A car accidentally drove through a wall and into the classroom of a daycare facility north of Los Angeles on Monday and three children were taken to a hospital for evaluation although no major injuries …

21 Injured in Fire Aboard Ship at Naval Base San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Firefighters on land, in the air and on the water on Monday were still battling a blaze on a Navy ship that injured at least 21 people and sent smoke billowing over San Diego. The fire began …

Tree Falls on Garage, 19 Sent to Hospitals

PASADENA, Md. — A large tree toppled onto a detached garage in a Maryland neighborhood where people attending a child’s birthday party sought shelter from a storm, sending 19 people to hospitals Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Anne Arundel County Fire …

Surge Seen in California Hospitals’ Use of CTs in Patients With Minor Injuries

Twice as many patients with non-serious injuries, such as fractures or neck strain, are undergoing CT scans in emergency departments at California hospitals, according to a UCSF-led study, which tracked the use of the imaging from 2005 to 2013. While …

Cops: Drunk Drivers Collide on Upstate New York Street

Authorities say two drivers were both drunk behind the wheel when their cars collided on an Albany, N.Y., street. Police tell the Times Union of Albany that the accident happened around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at an intersection in the city …

New York City Bus Involved in Fuel Tanker Accident

Around two dozen people suffered mostly minor injuries when a New York City bus was involved in an accident with a trunk and a fuel tanker in Harlem. The Fire Department says the accident happened at around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday …

6 Injured in Apartment Fire Near Missouri State

Six people suffered minor injuries in a fire at an apartment complex near Missouri State University in Springfield. Firefighters were called to the complex early Monday. The blaze damaged most of the 15-unit complex. KSPR reports four victims were taken …