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BOSTON—As Connecticut state Rep. Quentin Williams was driving home from the governor’s inauguration ball last month, he was struck head-on by a driver who had entered the highway using a ramp going in the wrong direction, killing both Williams and the driver. Williams’ death threw a spotlight on a kind of car accident that is […]

KANO, Nigeria—Officials counted votes in Nigeria’s elections on Saturday, with people hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari, undeterred by delays at some polling stations. The electoral commission said the official results could be expected from late on Sunday. By the evening, some polling stations were

NEW YORK—A chunk of weather-beaten flotsam that washed up on a New York shoreline after Tropical Storm Ian last fall has piqued the interest of experts who say it is likely part of the SS Savannah, which ran aground and broke apart in 1821, two years after it became the first vessel to cross the

DALLAS—After successful performances in Dallas in January, Shen Yun Performing Arts returned for a weekend of performances at the end of February, adding one last-minute show because of the high demand. On the evening of Feb. 25, the third consecutive sold-out show, several audience members expressed their support and gratitude for Shen Yun’s mission. They

MIAOLI, Taiwan—A Taiwan enterprise chairman was very excited after attending Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Miaobei Art Center in Miaoli on Feb. 25. He encouraged all Taiwanese to attend. “No words can describe how amazing Shen Yun is,” said Mr. Huang Yung-lung, the chairman of the Zavtrod Innovation Corp. “A person must attend at

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed five employees of an environmental consulting firm. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board planned to begin work to document the crash site and examine the plane’s wreckage, agency spokesperson Jennifer Gabris said in an email.

SALT LAKE CITY—“It’s good to see something live with passion, meaning, values that are taught in the messages of each of their stories,” said David Litchford, retired university professor, about Shen Yun Performing Arts. “Every dance had a message behind it … values that are sometimes lost and forgotten,” he said. Mr. Litchford attended the

SALT LAKE CITY—“We’ve waited several years to come and we wish we wouldn’t have waited now … it’s amazing,” said Heidi Franco, Mayor of Heber City in Wasatch County and a political science professor at the University of Utah. Mrs. Franco and her husband Leno Franco, assistant financial director at Department of Technology Services, saw

Moderna Inc. on Thursday forecast declining COVID-19 vaccine sales and rising costs for 2023, raising concerns the U.S. biotech company could post a loss this year, and its shares fell 7 percent. Moderna forecast $6 billion in costs for the year, $1 billion more than the revenue it expects to take in from sales of

MINNEAPOLIS—Owner of GT Financial Advisor Doug Gallwas watched Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Orpheum Theatre on Feb. 25. Mr. Gallwas said that he had watched the Shen Yun “12, 13 years ago and it was great, but this was more meaningful with modern times and the way things are going. “They did a great