Tag: hitting
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24 dead in Mexico as bus crashes after hitting trailer that detached from truck
MEXICO CITY — A bus tipped over in central Mexico after colliding with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn, killing 24 people and injuring five, Mexican authorities said Saturday. The crash happened at midnight Friday when the bus was leaving Tepic in the western Mexico state of Nayarit bound for Ciudad Juarez…
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Teen chess master charged with assault after hitting woman following loss in St. Louis match
A 17-year-old chess grandmaster was charged with assault and expelled from a tournament after hitting a woman when he lost a championship tournament match in St. Louis last week, officials said. Christopher Yoo “crumpled his scoresheet, stormed out of the tournament hall and struck a videographer from behind” after losing a U.S. Chess Championship match…
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Biden cancels trip to Africa ahead of Hurricane Milton hitting Florida
President Joe Biden has postponed his overseas trip this week due to Hurricane Milton, according to two sources familiar with the planning. Biden was scheduled to depart for Berlin on Thursday and then travel to Angola, returning to the U.S. on Oct. 15. It would mark the first time Biden would travel to the African continent as president. In…