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Monday, September 23, 2019

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Authorities work the scene where at least four people were killed in a tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Utah. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)

Bus driver in Utah crash that killed 4 Chinese was 1st trip

Investigators say the driver of a tour bus that crashed near a national park in Utah, killing four Chinese tourists and injuring dozens more, was making his first trip for a company that only been in business for a short time
This Jan. 12, 2019, photo captured by a Mobile Phone Detection Camera and released by Transport for NSW shows a driver using a mobile phone while driving in Australia. Australian state New South Wales is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, Australia’s most populous state was the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls. The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said. (Transport for NSW via AP)

Australia uses new technology to catch drivers on phones

An Australian state is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists
British government representatives wait Monday to support travelers who have booked flights or holidays with Thomas Cook Group at the South Terminal of London Gatwick Airport near Crawley, England.

Canceled wedding, angry tweets as Thomas Cook strands travelers

Minutes after the tour operator filed for liquidation early Monday, holiday makers took to Twitter and social media platforms to vent their anger and seek help over nixed holidays and flights.
- FILE - In this March 27, 2016 file photo, a French police officer stands guards as worshipers arrive for the Easter mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, in Paris. Before it was ravaged by fire, Notre Dame Cathedral was the target of a bungled terrorist plot by two French women who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. They're going on trial Monday Sept.23 2019 in a special Paris court, for attempting to explode a vehicle laden with fuel-doused gas canisters in the shadow of the medieval monument in 2016. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

IS women on trial for attempted attack near Notre Dame

Two French women who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group have gone on trial for trying to blow up a car near Notre Dame Cathedral in 2016
President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, as he prepares to board Marine One for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base. Trump is traveling to Texas and Ohio before heading to New York for the upcoming United Nations General assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists reality on guns, environment
AP FACT CHECK: Trump is twisting reality on gun control and the environment, blaming Democrats for a delay in gun legislation that he's causing and dismissing the stalled US progress in air quality
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson boards his plane at London's Heathrow Airport as he heads off for the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sunday Sept. 22, 2019. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
UK says Iran responsible for attack on Saudi oil facilities
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain has concluded Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, and the UK will consider taking part in a US-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom's defenses
People look on after the Precious Talent Top School building collapsed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, leaving many dead and injured, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Officials said at least seven are dead and many others are injured, some in critical condition, taken to hospital after the school building collapsed in Nairobi. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital
Officials say 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital; dozens taken to hospital
In this photo Aug. 16, 2019, photo, Chinese graduate students Zhaojin Li, left, and Pengfei Liu, pose in front of the entrance to the Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vt. Some higher education officials are concerned by a drop in the number of international students coming to the United States, especially from China. Li and Liu say that some of their relatives were concerned for their safety in coming to the United States, but they are too busy with their studies to focus on geopolitical issues. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
US universities see decline in students from China
After a decade of booming enrollment by students from China, American universities are starting to see steep declines as political tensions between the two countries cut into a major source of tuition revenue
Global postal union meets amid Trump threat to pull US out
The effects of President Donald Trump's standoff with China could soon be coming to a post office near you, and higher shipping rates for some packages are the likely outcome
Fact or fiction? Central Illinois event examines war films
A special event in central Illinois will dig into the facts and fiction showcased in some of Hollywood's best known war films
Gary to raze hospital built to serve city's black community
The northwestern Indiana city of Gary plans to raze a long-abandoned hospital built 90 years ago to serve the city's black community at a time when they weren't welcome at so-called "white hospitals."
He went underwater to propose to his girlfriend, but he didn't live to hear her say 'yes'
An American man drowned while proposing to his girlfriend underwater. The couple were vacationing in Tanzania.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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