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The EHang 184 autonomous aerial vehicle is unveiled at the EHang booth at CES International in January in Las Vegas. The drone is large enough to fit a human passenger.

Drone Taxis? Nevada To Allow Testing Of Passenger Drone

A Chinese company called EHang and the state of Nevada are partnering to test the EHang 184, which can carry a single passenger.

Bombings In Turkey Kill At Least 10, Wound More Than 200

Attacks in two cities in eastern Turkey targeted police stations; a third targeted soldiers. At least 10 people were killed, and the AP reports some 226 people were injured.

Here's What Florida Drivers Need To Know About The New Texting Ban

A bill that will increase the penalty for texting and driving has passed the legislature and is heading to Governor Ron DeSantis for his signature....

The Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, is shown here in 2018. Next year, Arches will launch a temporary timed entry reservation system.

Arches is the latest U.S. national park to roll out timed reservations as visits surge

The Utah national park joins Glacier and Rocky Mountain in setting up a timed entry reservation system to deal with a gush of visitors that began during the COVID-19 pandemic.

People help a driver who is experiencing a medical episode in Boynton Beach, Fla., on May 5.

Good Samaritans save a driver having a medical issue at a busy intersection

When a driver experienced a medical episode and was drifting into an intersection, people around her sprang into action and saved everyone on the road from a potentially life-threatening crash.

Police drove into a car head-on in a traffic stop. The driver wasn't their suspect

The Fairfax County Police Department says the car Jamee Kimble was driving was connected to an incident in neighboring Arlington County, and that a police cruiser hit it at a low speed.

Across the street from the White House, shown here in 2021, is Lafayette Park. On Thursday, a lightning strike there hit four people, and two of them were pronounced dead on Friday.

A lightning strike near the White House kills 3 people and injures another person

A husband and wife from Wisconsin celebrating more than five decades of marriage were killed. A third victim was pronounced dead Friday evening.

Authorities said on Tuesday that Myles Sanderson (right), the second suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in the province of Saskatchewan, had been located and is in police custody.

The 2nd suspect in the Saskatchewan stabbings has died in police custody

Myles Sanderson, the second suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in the province of Saskatchewan, died after going into what police described as "medical distress."

Gas is pumped into a vehicle at a gas station in Miami, Florida in January. Officials are warning of a "potentially widespread" fuel contamination in the state, which could hamper evacuations from Tropical Storm Idalia.

Tropical Storm Idalia: Cars may stop working mid-evacuation due to fuel contamination

Florida officials reported "potentially widespread" diesel contamination in gasoline in the Tampa area Saturday, raising alarm that car engines and power generators could break as the storm nears.

Makatla Ritchter wades through flood waters after having to evacuate her home when the flood waters from Hurricane Idalia inundated it on August 30, 2023 in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

Photos: See the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia

The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 3 before making landfall in Florida Wednesday. Storm surge had residents worried as they watch the waters rise.

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