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Ukrainian Drone Smashes Into Russian Passenger Bus, Killing 8 Civilians

Ukrainian Drone Smashes Into Russian Passenger Bus, Killing 8 Civilians

Published by Jenni Sidey

The last 48 hours have seen massive, devastating Russian missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital and other cities, which left at 18 dead and over 100 injured. Russia said this was in response to the Starobelsk dormitory attack of last month and other drone attacks targeting Russian territory. But Ukrainian forces have upped the ante once again, this time with a mass casualty event in Russian-control Donetsk region. “A Ukrainian drone strike killed seven people and wounded 11 others in the occupied Donetsk region after crashing into a passenger bus, Kremlin-installed authorities said Wednesday morning, as overnight attacks killed at least two people in Russia,” The Moscow Times reports. State media later revised the death toll up to eight killed. Widely circulated social media image of bus after drone attack in Donetsk. The strike happened in the town of Yenakiieve, while the group was being bussed to Simferopol in Crimea, all the way from Moscow on a long-distance route. “According to preliminary reports, seven civilians were killed,” Denis Pushilin, the Kremlin-installed head of the Donetsk …

Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family

Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family

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A commercial bus driver, who federal officials say could not speak English, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges likely, after his charter bus plowed into vehicles on a Virginia highway Friday morning, killing five people, including an entire Greenfield, Massachusetts, family of four. The New York Post reports that Virginia State Police revealed the 48-year-old bus driver, Jing S. Dong, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and will likely face additional charges after killing five people, including an entire family of four from Massachusetts: Dmitri Doncev, 45; his wife, Ecterina, 44; their 13-year-old daughter, Emily; and their 7-year-old son, Mark. This is the car of an entire family that was ki11ed after a bus driver drove into the back of a stopped car. The driver, Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York, is a Chinese born naturalized citizen who doesn’t read or speak English. He attained his commercial driver’s… pic.twitter.com/AaQ8ZiwuZr — Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) May 30, 2026 US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on X that Dong, “a …

Bus driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 charged with manslaughter

Bus driver in Virginia crash that killed 5 charged with manslaughter

Published by Sam Flores

The driver of a bus in a crash that killed five people in Virginia on Friday, including a family of four en route to a relative’s wedding, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Jing S. Dong, 48, of New York City, was charged Saturday with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, and more charges were pending, Virginia State Police said in a statement. State police characterized the family of four as a 7-year-old boy, a 13-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, all from Greenfield, Massachusetts. The fifth victim was a identified by state police as 25-year-old Priscilla R. Mafalda, of Worcester, Massachusetts. She was driving a Chevrolet Suburban when she struck the Acura the family was in after she’d been hit by the bus on southbound Interstate 95, state police said. Mayor Virginia Desorgher of Greenfield, a city of nearly 18,000 people about 100 miles west of Boston, said in a statement: “No words that can fully ease …

13 dead after overloaded bus rear-ends truck in central China

13 dead after overloaded bus rear-ends truck in central China

Published by Sam Flores

BEIJING: An overloaded minivan collided with a truck in central China on Thursday (May 28), killing 13 people and injuring three, traffic police said. The van, which had a maximum capacity of nine passengers but was carrying 16, hit the rear of the truck while on an expressway in Henan province at 2.40am, the traffic management bureau of China’s Ministry of Public Security said on social media. It was driving on the G40 expressway in the city of Nanyang when it “rear-ended a semi-trailer truck travelling ahead of it”, the bureau said on the Weibo social media platform. The ministry said it “attached great importance” to the incident, “immediately dispatching a working group to Nanyang led by a traffic management bureau official to direct investigation”. In November last year, a train ran into a group of railway workers, killing 11 and injuring two in China’s southwestern city of Kunming, the deadliest rail accident in more than a decade. In June that year, one person died and four others were injured in Chongqing when a driver …

What Tube and London bus strikes are happening in June? All the walkout dates

What Tube and London bus strikes are happening in June? All the walkout dates

Published by Sam Flores

Londoners are set for more travel misery in June with both Tube and bus strikes set to hit the capital’s transport network. RMT members previously walked out in April over a dispute with TfL over a voluntary four-day week for drivers, impacting the entire London Underground network. Two further planned strikes in May were called off, but the RMT has warned of more strike action if the union fails to make sufficient progress in talks with TfL, with talks due to take place this week. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at the Queen’s park depot picket line during the strike action in April PA When are the strikes scheduled? The 24-hour walkouts are currently due to take place between midnight and 11.59pm on Tuesday June 2 and Thursday June 4. As such, there will be severe disruption to the entire network all day on Tuesday and Thursday, with some disruption on the mornings on Wednesday June 3 and Friday June 5 while services return to normal. The previous industrial action in …

Neolithic treasures and sparkling seas on Orkney – all for £2 bus fares | Scotland holidays

Neolithic treasures and sparkling seas on Orkney – all for £2 bus fares | Scotland holidays

Published by Sam Flores

The views are remarkable. From one window, gorse-gold hills roll west towards mountains patched with snow. On the other side, fields of new spring lambs slope down to a silver sea. Elsewhere, the bus crosses wide estuaries and cascading burns. There are thatched crofts, rocky bays and birch woods starred with anemones. One of the most remarkable things about this scenic 111-mile, 3½-hour trip on bus X99 is that it costs just £2. Until March 2026, a single from Inverness to Scrabster on Scotland’s north coast was £28. Now, thanks to a new bus fare cap in Orkney, Highland and Moray, no journey in the area costs more than £2. The bus is timed to coincide with the Northlink Ferry to Stromness, Orkney’s second biggest town, and I’m heading there to explore by bus. The ferry’s dining room serves Orkney smoked-cheddar macaroni cheese and Orkney fudge cheesecake. Afterwards, I stagger out on deck for blustery views of the Old Man of Hoy, its red sandstone glowing in the sunset. Scrabster to Stromness (£22-£26 each way …

Four dead after train and school bus collide in Belgium

Four dead after train and school bus collide in Belgium

Published by Sam Flores

A train hit a school minibus in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on the morning of May 26, with at least four people killed, including two children. The cause of the crash is not immediately clear, neither is the reason why the bus was on the tracks. Belgium’s rail agency says footage from the scene shows barriers at the crossing had been closed and a red light was showing when the incident happened. FRANCE 24’s Dave Keating has more from the ground. Keywords for this article Source link

What is a bike bus and why are parents loving them so much?

What is a bike bus and why are parents loving them so much?

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For years, the school drop-off line has been one of the defining rituals of suburban life: a long queue of idling SUVs inching toward the curb while stressed parents try to make it to work on time and kids stare at their phones in the back seat. But in a growing number of communities around the world, another option is starting to catch on: the bike bus. And parents are absolutely loving it. Despite the name, a bike bus doesn’t involve an actual bus at all. Instead, it’s a group ride where children bike to school together along a planned route, usually accompanied by parents or volunteer adults. Advertisement – scroll for more content Much like a traditional school bus route, the group makes scheduled “stops” along the way, picking up more kids as it travels toward the school. By the time the bike bus reaches campus, what started as a handful of riders may have grown into dozens of smiling kids rolling into school together. The concept has exploded in popularity in cities over …

Bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight : NPR

Bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight : NPR

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A man sings a spirtual song during a voting rally, Saturday, May 16, 2026, in Montgomery, Ala. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP MONTGOMERY, Ala.— In 1965, Black Americans peacefully demonstrated for voting rights and were beaten by Alabama state troopers before returning two weeks later to complete their march under federal protection. Keith Odom was a toddler then. Now 62 years old, the union man and grandfather of three retraced some of their final steps. On Saturday, he came from Aiken, South Carolina, to Atlanta, where he joined several dozen other activists on two buses to Montgomery, Alabama. A few hours later, he stepped off his bus and onto Dexter Avenue, where the original march concluded. “The history here — being a part of it, seeing it, feeling it,” said Odom, who is Black. His voice trailed off as he saw the Alabama Capitol and a stage that sat roughly where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. concluded the original march. Odom lamented that he and his fellow bus riders were not …