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A former Cleveland bus driver who was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a man in a crosswalk has been found guilty of vehicular homicide.
Pirates right-hander Ross Ohlendorf has become the second pitcher in club history to strike out the side on nine pitches.
Police in Florida say a burglar who made off with a man's valuables returned to the home later and snatched what he couldn't carry on his first trip: a 100-pound plasma-screen TV.
An Ohio bus driver who had been fired and reinstated after an earlier accident was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian in March, according to investigators.
Southwest Airlines officials say a flight headed to Providence, R.I., has returned safely to Baltimore's airport after at least one bird hit an engine.
About 800 Canada geese around New York City's two airports have been trapped and euthanized, part of an effort to reduce the type of bird strike that led to a jetliner landing in the Hudson River last winter
New York City plans to trap and kill up to 2,000 Canada Geese this summer in an attempt to avoid the type of collision that caused an airliner to ditch in the Hudson River in January.
Some details about lightning strikes in civil aviation:
Police outside Washington, D.C., say a woman is expected to recover after a commuter train hit her car at a railroad crossing.
Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.
A survivor of the jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River after hitting birds and most other public commenters opposed a government proposal to make secret its data on when and where such bird strikes occur.
Hotel service in Monaco was limited and casino roulette wheels were expected to stop spinning Thursday as employees in the wealthy Mediterranean principality went on strike to protest job cuts, union leaders said.
The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing to keep secret from travelers its vast records on where and how often commercial planes are damaged by hitting flying birds.
More than 1 million people marched in France on Thursday to demand the government do more to overcome the economic crisis, but planned strikes failed to fulfill a key goal — to paralyze the country.
The Pakistan government does not believe Taliban or al-Qaida officials have moved from the tribal border region to Pakistan's southwestern-most province and would oppose expanding U.S. drone strikes there, a government official said Wednesday.
Birds like those believed to have crippled a US Airways jetliner in New York have been a danger to aviation since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright, so airports use everything from hawks and snarling dogs to screaming fireworks and shotguns to kill or scare off the intruders.
Talk about unintended consequences. “Bird strikes” — or collisions between birds and aircraft — are increasing for two reasons, according to the federal government’s leading expert on the phenomenon: The environment is cleaner and airplanes are quieter.
Recent cases of birds causing damage to U.S. commercial planes:
In dramatic costumes dripping with fake blood, La Scala workers took to the stage to vent their frustration after the last three performances of "The Merry Widow" were canceled by a strike.
Police say lightning struck 32 soccer players training in western Germany, seriously injuring nine of them.
Thousands of British local government employees began a two-day strike over pay on Wednesday.
Transport workers in Italy have gone on strike, forcing the cancellation of thousands of bus, tram and subway lines and snarling traffic across the country.
About 6,500 truck drivers ended their strike Thursday after transportation companies agreed to increase fees for hauling freight, but another 6,500 remained off the job, officials said.
Jackie Mitchell, the minor league pitcher facing Babe Ruth at a 1931 exhibition game was no ordinary ballplayer. She was a 17-year-old girl.
Teachers, postal workers and other public servants staged a one-day strike and tens of thousands marched through French cities Thursday, a widespread protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's planned job cuts.
Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school; 1 killed Police said a woman died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school.
Alwayswriteagain: Why Postman Pat Has Fallen FlatPerhaps I should not be penning this piece as my lovely next-door neighbours have senior positions at the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Wellington Street, Bury.
Coal miners strike in Hunan, Central ChinaThe mines belong to the Jinzhushan Mining Industry of Hunan Coal Group (Xiang Mei Ji Tuan, XMJT), which proposed being privatized and being listed on the stock market.
The Sad Story Behind Labor DayFor most of us, Labor Day means backyard barbecues, weekend sales, and a last carefree day before school starts. But the laid-back holiday has some seriously sad history, including chaos, riots, and even death. Let us explain.
Officials: U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan kill 15U.S. missiles struck a training facility allegedly operated by Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a militant hide-out Friday, killing 15 people and wounding 27 others, officials said.
New York declares war on geese to prevent airport bird strikesAuthorities in New York have declared war on the large flocks of Canada geese that congregate around the city's airports, and will cull 2,000 in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the bird strike that forced a passenger plane to ditch in the Hudson river earlier this year.
Lightning injures 26 at football matchA lightning strike injured 26 teenagers, three of them seriously, in southern Germany on Saturday afternoon, as they warmed up for a football match.
France: Millions strike and march against austeritySeveral million workers and youth took to the streets in 213 cities and towns throughout France yesterday in opposition to rising poverty, rapidly growing unemployment and government austerity policies involving cuts in the social services.
March 20 -- Over 200 marches were staged from Lille in the north to Marseilles, Nice and Toulon on the Mediterranean.
March 7 -- Everywhere across the world --from the former Soviet republics to even the United States, people are questioning the "infallibility" of the capitalist, "free" market system.
The strike that rocked BritainThe pits have disappeared, the towns have changed beyond recognition - but those who witnessed the miners' strike will never forget the brutal clashes, bitter divisions and desperate sacrifices. Twenty-five years on, Donald Macintyre recalls the turmoil
France meets Guadeloupe workers' demands to end general strikeFrance has agreed to increase payments to low-paid workers on its Caribbean territories, as it attempts to head off escalating protests and violence. Prime Minister Francois Fillon proposed supplementing their wages with a 200-euro ($253; £176) monthly payment.
French university teachers strike to defend working conditionsSome 100,000 university teachers and students protested in French cities February 10 seeking to force the withdrawal of the decree issued by the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy on the status of university teachers.
Fight over jeans ends in arrest in DeLand, FloridaDELAND -- A brothers' battle over a pair of jeans ended when the younger brother whacked his older brother in the back of the head with a tire iron, Volusia County sheriff's officials said Friday.
Gordon Brown and his cronies has a big problem on their hands, Not so long ago he Gordon, declared that his government wanted to provide and supported "British Jobs for British workers." But it would seem since that political statement in 2007 that more and more employment o …
Car Hits Home, Nearly Strikes Man On CouchOCALA, Fla. -- An Ocala man's hopes of getting a good night's sleep were dashed when a car slammed into the side of a brick home and pushed the couch he was sleeping on away from the wall.
Bus Slides On Ice, Hits Students Two students were struck by a school bus sliding on ice in Ledyard Wednesday morning. Police said a 14-year-old and 12-year-old suffered minor injuries after being hit at the intersection of Kings Highway and Meadow Drive.
The India-Pakistan challenge —Munir Akram Despite Western media prognostication, there is no possibility of an extremist or jihadi government assuming office in Islamabad. Neither the Pakistani electorate nor the Pakistan Army would accept this
Israeli Troops Mass Along Border; Arab Anger RisesOK so it looks like the Arab world is alive at the moment. I would rather laugh at this Gaza dilemma than do anything else. The Arab/Muslim world is more than 20 times bigger than Israel in Land Capacity and more than 200 times more in Population.
Thousands take to the streets to protest IsraelBEIRUT, Lebanon: Crowds of thousands swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East Sunday to shout down Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
Meat inspector strike threatens UK Christmas turkey supply Turkey could be off the Christmas dinner menu for many people across the UK after meat hygiene inspectors voted to go on strike, Unison said today.
Suspected U.S. strike kills 13 in PakistanA suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 13 people Friday in a Pakistani village close to the Afghan border, security officials said.
Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 8 in PakistanA suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least eight people in the Pakistan's troubled northwest, security officials said on Friday.
Pakistan demands halt to U.S. missile attacksPakistan's government summoned the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to urge an immediate halt to missile strikes on suspected militant hide-outs near the Afghan border.
Three killed in U.S. missile attack in PakistanA suspected U.S. missile strike killed three people close to the Afghan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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