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A survivor of the fatal Pennsylvania bus crash describes chaos and heroism after it turned over 08/07/2023 06:19pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bus carrying up to 50 people traveling from New York to Ohio crashed and hit another vehicle on a Pennsylvania interstate, killing three passengers, state police said. The wreck happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 81 just north of Harrisburg, Federal judge says California's capital city can't clear homeless camps during extreme heat 08/07/2023 06:18pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily banned Sacramento from clearing homeless encampments for at least 14 days, citing the extreme heat forecast this month in California's capital city. Judge Troy L. Nunley in the U.S. District Court for Eastern California issued the order la Leader of Texas' largest county takes leave from job for treatment of clinical depression 08/07/2023 05:44pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a Democrat who has built a rising national profile as the leader of Texas' largest county, announced Monday that she was taking a temporary leave of absence for treatment of clinical depression. In a statement addressed to the county's nearly 5 mil History will be made at Women's World Cup as Colombia, Jamaica and Morocco seek quarterfinal spots 08/07/2023 04:55pm • AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — History will be made Tuesday in at least one of the Women's World Cup knockout games, where three teams try to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time in their history. Colombia, led by 18-year-old sensation Linda Caicedo, is trying to advance for the first tim Hannah Roberts of the US wins her fourth straight freestyle BMX world championship 08/07/2023 04:32pm • Hannah Roberts has won just about everything possible on a freestyle BMX bike except an Olympic title. That could be coming next. The 21-year-old American trick artist didn't even need her second run in the finals of the world championships on Monday, posting a score of 91.04 points during her openi The UK government moves asylum-seekers to a barge moored off southern England in a bid to cut costs 08/07/2023 03:35pm • LONDON (AP) — A small group of asylum-seekers was moved Monday onto a barge moored in southern England as the U.K. government tries to cut the cost of sheltering people seeking protection in the country. Fifteen people were transferred to the Bibby Stockholm, a floating hostel that will ultimately A Florida man is charged with flooding an emergency room after attacking a nurse and stripping 08/07/2023 03:32pm • NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — A man in southwest Florida has been charged with flooding a hospital's emergency rooms after attacking a nurse and stripping off his clothes, authorities said. The 53-year-old became agitated while in a waiting room at the North Collier Hospital in Naples, Florida, on Saturday, Ex-Minneapolis officer unrepentant as he gets nearly 5 years in George Floyd killing 08/07/2023 03:20pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tou Thao, the last former Minneapolis police officer convicted in state court for his role in the killing of George Floyd, did not show any repentance or admit any wrongdoing as he was sentenced Monday to 4 years and 9 months. Thao had previously testified that he merely served NATO and the EU send aid to Slovenia after floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless 08/07/2023 02:28pm • LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — The European Union and NATO began sending urgent aid Monday to Slovenia after severe flooding over the weekend affecting two-thirds of the small European country killed at least six people and left hundreds homeless. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone CDC says new COVID variant is dominant, including strain some call 'Eris' 08/07/2023 01:14pm • ▶ Watch Video: Doctors warn COVID hospitalizations are rising The EG.5 variant now makes up the largest proportion of new COVID-19 infections nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated, as multiple parts of the country have been reporting their first upticks o Book Review: 'Disobedient' deftly paints the inspiring story of artist Artemisia Gentileschi 08/07/2023 12:56pm • “Disobedient” by Elizabeth Fremantle (Pegasus Books) Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue. Art — with its unsavory types and naked models — isn’t exactly fit for a good Roma A dog hit the pedal on a golf cart and ran over a 4-year-old, who was uninjured 08/07/2023 12:47pm • (CNN) — A fire crew’s dog jumped on the pedal of a golf cart which then struck a 4-year-old Michigan girl, leaving her with no visible injuries, firefighters said.Bella, an arson dog, jumped down from the seat of a golf cart and landed on the accelerator pedal, sending the cart toward people Attacks at US medical centers show why health care is one of the nation's most violent fields 08/07/2023 11:51am • Word spread through an Oregon hospital last month that a visitor was causing trouble in the maternity ward, and nurses were warned the man might try to abduct his partner's newborn. Hours later, the visitor opened fire, killing a security guard and sending patients, nurses and doctors scrambling for How to handle homesickness in college 08/07/2023 11:30am • Starting college can stir up a mix of emotions, including excitement and nervousness about what's to come. As students grapple with living independently and away from familiar people and places -- often for the first time -- homesickness is common. These feelings are not just experienced by first Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 13-19 08/07/2023 10:15am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 13-19: Aug. 13: Actor Kevin Tighe (“Emergency,” ″Murder One”) is 79. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 75. Director Paul Greengrass (the “Bourne” films) is 68. Actor Danny Bonaduce (“The Partridge Family”) is 64. Actor Dawnn Lewis (“A Differen