ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state’s governor said.
People line the street as the procession carrying the remains of World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan passes through to St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)People line the street as the procession carrying the remains of World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan passes through to St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
People attend the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)People attend the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)An American flag is folded and given to Virginia “Ginny” Pineiro during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
An American flag is folded and given to Virginia “Ginny” Pineiro during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)Virginia “Ginny” Pineiro holds a folded American flag during the interment for Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papaua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Virginia “Ginny” Pineiro holds a folded American flag during the interment for Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of Papaua New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)
Jason Fetterolf of the U.S. Army Reserve salutes during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary’s church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from the World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)is primarily in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.
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that COVID-19 shots are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women — a move immediately questioned by several public health experts.The new variant, increasing globally, had by mid-May reached nearly 11% of sequenced samples reported. The WHO has designated it a “variant under monitoring” and considers the