NASHUA, New Hampshire — A wrong-way driver accused of drunken driving was arrested after crashing into a UPS truck on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua, state police said. Omer Landry, 45, of Nashua, is facing charges of driving while intoxicated, reckless conduct, and unregistered and uninspected vehicle, state police said. Landry is scheduled to appear in the Hillsborough Superior Court in January. At approximately 11:20 p.m. Thursday, state police received a 911 call from the driver of a UPS tractor-trailer reporting that his truck had been hit head-on by a...

A wrong-way driver is facing multiple charges after police said he crashed into a UPS tractor-trailer on the Everett Turnpike in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Thursday night. State police said they received reports of a wrong-way crash involving two vehicles on the Everett Turnpike Exit 5 northbound ramp around 11:20 p.m. Thursday. The crash was reported by the driver of a UPS tractor-trailer who called 911 saying that his truck had been hit head-on by a car. The driver of the car that was going the wrong-way on the highway,...

DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. The escalated walkout began Saturday evening at a Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, GM’s largest in North America, just hours after the Stellantic deal was reached. Its nearly 4,000 workers join about 18,000 already striking at GM factories in Texas, Michigan and Missouri and Tennessee. The UAW did not immediately explain what prompted the new action after 44 days...

At least seven people are dead after heavy fog caused more than 150 vehicles to crash Monday on Interstate 55 in Louisiana. Public safety teams were still investigating at the site of the crash, which occurred Monday morning on both the north and southbound of the freeway, which links the greater New Orleans area with Hammond and Jackson, Mississippi along a north-south route between I-10 at Laplace and the Mississippi state line near Kentwood. A stretch of I-155 over Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans was expected to remain closed "fore...

Two elderly Israeli women were released by Hamas after being held as hostages for over two weeks. The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Monday that two hostages were released by Hamas after being kept captive in the Gaza Strip since the terrorist group's surprise attack on Oct. 7. Israeli media identified the two as Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, who were seized from the kibbutz of Nir Oz. The release comes amid heavy United States pressure for Israel to delay its planned ground offensive to...

Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) second failed speaker bid is generating more pressure for the House to take up a resolution to expand the powers of the House speaker pro temp. Even ahead of Jordan’s loss, fellow Ohio Republican Rep. David Joyce said he would introduce a resolution to formally install Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as speaker pro temp, expanding the powers he currently has as an appointee to the role. Jordan himself lent support to taking a vote on the matter. “I think we got to decide today, are we...

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith have been through more than their share of ups and downs over the decades. The “King Richard” star, 55, and the “A Different World” alum, 52, tied the knot in 1997 after two years of dating. The duo met in 1994 when Jada auditioned to play his girlfriend on his sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” While she didn’t score the part, they began dating a year later after Will divorced his first wife, Sheree Zampino, with whom he shares a son, Trey, 30....