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A woman who identified herself as Alianiss Nunez Morales was driving a van that failed to stop at a stop sign, hitting a school bus, police say. A woman who identified herself as Alianiss Nunez Morales was driving a van that failed to stop at a stop sign, hitting a school bus, police say. MINNEAPOLIS — A woman who authorities say is in the country illegally and using an alias was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges in a school bus crash that killed four children. A woman who identified herself as Alianiss...

MARSHALL, MINN. - The 23-year-old woman whose van collided with a school bus was arrested Thursday afternoon and booked on suspicion of criminal vehicular operation in connection with the crash that killed four children near Cottonwood, Minn. Alianiss Morales, of Minneota, Minn., is expected to be charged and make her first court appearance this morning, said Lyon County Attorney Rick Maes. The Minnesota State Patrol's investigation of the crash continued Thursday, and Maes said much of the paperwork from the investigation was already on his desk. "One [part of the investigation] is whether she was operating the vehicle in a...

The local Fox affiliate in the Twin Cities finally confirms what the local papers didn’t seem to want to mention about the horrible school bus accident that killed four children. It didn’t have to happen: Authorities have confirmed that the the driver of the van that struck the school bus that killed 4 students on Tuesday is an illegal alien. Officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement are checking to see where she came from and how long she’s been in Minnesota. FOX 9 has also learned that the name she gave to police, Alainiss Morales, is an alias. 23-year-old...

COTTONWOOD, Minn. -- Authorities have confirmed that the the driver of the van that struck the school bus that killed 4 students on Tuesday is an illegal alien. Officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement are checking to see where she came from and how long she's been in Minnesota. FOX 9 has also learned that the name she gave to police, Alainiss Morales, is an alias.

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has uncovered information on the driver of the van that hit the school bus. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned through state license records and state staff that the driver of the van does not have a valid driver's license. Alianiss Morales, of Motevideo, was convicted of driving without a license two years ago, according to police and Chippewa County Court administration staff. Morales was pulled over, according to the clerk of court's office, after a report of an an erratic driver. The officer found she was driving in Motevideo without a license. The Minnesota State Patrol will...

COTTONWOOD, Minn. — Authorities say four students have been killed in a school bus crash in southwestern Minnesota. Minnesota State Patrol Lieutenant Mark Peterson says the students died when their Lakeview School bus was hit by a van this afternoon on a highway near Cottonwood, about 2 hours southwest of Minneapolis. The bus then collided with a pickup and tipped on its side. • Click here for photos. The victims weren't immediately identified, and their ages weren't immediately given. At least 14 people were hurt. The school bus was carrying 40 people at the time. The Marshall Independent reported that...

A Knox County school bus driver was suspended pending a probe into how a 9-year-old boy this morning escaped from a bus by climbing out a window. Police were alerted at 8:48 a.m. that a child had climbed out a bus window and fled while the vehicle was stopped on Lay Avenue in East Knoxville to pick up other students. Bus 103 has a capacity of 20 passengers and serves Ridgedale School, said Knox County Schools spokesman Russ Oaks. Ridgedale School is located along Ridgedale Road just off Oak Ridge Highway. The school serves grades pre K-12 as an alternative...

DETROIT -- A Detroit bus driver was arrested after allegedly trying to pick up a prostitute while driving special-needs children to school on Wednesday morning. The 30-year-old man was arrested after he drove the bus up to a decoy officer posing as a prostitute working in the area of Telegraph and Grand River roads and inquired about having sex with her, police said. Police said at the time, the driver only had one child on the bus. He told the decoy officer he would be right back, said police. Police said a few moments later he returned with three more...

LAS VEGAS - Six junior high or high school students were shot Tuesday after they got off a school bus, and two were critically hurt, police said. Gunshots rang out in northeast Las Vegas just before 2 p.m., Officer Bill Cassell said. Six young people were transported to area hospitals. Four had minor gunshot injuries and two were in critical condition, Cassell said. At least two people are believed to have taken part in the shootings, he said. Police were not saying whether the shooting suspects were on foot or in a vehicle. The shooting occurred less than a mile...

via translation - Strong explosion in the Supreme Court of Algiers ALGIERS-A powerful explosion, the nature of which is not yet known, occurred Tuesday at 8:45 GMT in Algiers near the Supreme Court of Algeria, Ben Aknoun, on the heights above the town, noted journalists of AFP . Many ambulances, sirens hurlantes, were directed at the scene of the explosion which was climbing a thick column of black smoke. A security cordon was immediately deployed and the road leading to the area, including housing the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Council, has been closed to traffic.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Channel 9 obtained video of a man who stormed onto a school bus and threatened children. The man was angry because the children threw crayons at his SUV. When the bus stopped, that's when he got on. The kids said he had a gun and, while the video doesn't show it, you can hear the man threatening to use a weapon. Orange County Schools hope someone recognizes the man on video. A school bus camera captured the black and white video of him storming onboard despite pleas from the bus driver. The students from CEP Northwest...

Al Qaeda 'Re-Emerging' in Pakistan Sanctuaries The U.S. military said Tuesday it expected Al Qaeda to continue its "re-emergence" in sanctuaries in Pakistan's tribal areas from where it supported attacks in Afghanistan. Sanctuary was provided to Al Qaeda and Taliban rebels after Islamabad signed a peace deal with militants in a desperate attempt to quell the unrest in its federally administered areas in September 2006, a U.S. military official said. The militants called off the deal in July this year after Pakistani security forces raided a radical mosque in Islamabad where rebels had massed. Dozens were killed in those...

While Democrats prepare witless campaign slogans blaming Republicans for millions of children not protected by health insurance, al Qaeda's blatant threat to exterminate 2 million American kids remains unheeded. And it will likely continue to be, notwithstanding mounting evidence that there exists no peril on Earth our young need greater protection from today than merciless jihadist monsters.

Dunwoody College is offering to help pay tuition for Jeremy Hernandez, the Interstate 35W bridge's school bus rescue hero. Jeremy told reporters at a news conference that his financial difficulties forced him to drop out of Dunwoody. He aspired to be an automotive mechanic. Dunwoody received many phone calls and e-mails after the news conference from alumni and staff encouraging the college to help Jeremy with school. In response, the College responded with an e-mail to alumni and faculty that stated its intention to help Jeremy re-enroll at Dunwoody An e-mail issued by the Dunwoody administration to staff and alumni...

Police say deported Colombian native with a long rap sheet is back in the area, hiring others to help in thefts Nassau police are scouring the Island to find a man they say was involved in about 20 burglaries in the county in the past three or four months and several more in Suffolk County, Queens and as far south as Atlanta and Florida. Police say Pablo Castro, a convicted thief, recruited day workers from Astoria to carry out daytime burglaries, many in the New Hyde Park and Manhasset areas, said Det. Lt. Raymond Cote, commander of Nassau's Third Squad....

Nagin To Give First Post-Katrina State Of City SpeechWed May 30, 12:04 PM ET New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will deliver his first State of the City address since Hurricane Katrina on Wednesday night. Nagin will speak at the World War II Museum starting at about 7 p.m. You can watch the speech live on WDSU-TV and WDSU.com. Our coverage starts at 6:30 p.m., right after NewsChannel 6 at 6.

More than a dozen school bus drivers gathered Friday morning in front of a Frederick County Public School building to support two drivers who resigned after an disagreement with officials over safety concerns. At issue is the right to refuse service to students who threatened violence against drivers or other students, the drivers said. "This is something every taxpayer and every parent needs to know because every student is in danger," Steve Burdette said. His wife was disciplined for refusing to pick up a Heather Ridge School student who had threatened her, he said. He also said he was placed...

Just months after 9/11, videotapes were confiscated in Afghanistan showing al-Qaeda terrorists training to takeover a school.  Six months later, spokesman Suleiman Abu Gheith boldly declared al-Qaeda's "right" to kill 2 million American children.  In 2004, an Iraqi national with known terrorist connections was caught with a computer disk containing information detailing Department of Education crisis planning for U.S school districts.  Last year, two Saudi men - one wearing a black trench coat despite the Florida heat -- terrified a busload of Tampa schoolchildren by boarding a school bus and remaining for the entire ride to school, all the while...

Students held hostage in Philippines Gunmen who say they have grenades seize group near Manila?s city hall BREAKING NEWS The Associated Press Updated: 7:34 p.m. MT March 27, 2007 MANILA, Philippines - Unidentified gunmen seized a busload of students and teachers near Manila's city hall while on the run after a holdup Wednesday, police said. Hostage-takers scribbled on a piece of paper, visible through the bus window, that they were holding 32 children and two teachers and were armed with two grenades, an Uzi assault rifle police and a .45-caliber pistol, officer Mark Andal said. They said they were demanding...

The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office said it will not recommend endangerment charges against a bus driver who left a six year old special needs elementary schooler alone for several hours aboard a parked school bus during the March 16 storm. Hamilton Police had been investigating whether to charge Suzanne Brewer, 56, a substitute driver and office manager at the Delaware Valley Bus Line. Brewer, who has worked for the bus company for more than 25 years, has not been disciplined by her employer. In an exclusive interview with Millennium Radio, the family of the boy who was forgotten on the...