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BOSTON (AP) — There are improved public safety measures for the final two miles of the Boston Marathon on April 21, a year after two deadly explosions went off near the finish line. Officials say there'll be more uniform and undercover officers deployed on the route and more than 100 cameras placed along the Boston portion. There will also be 50 observation points that will monitor the crowd.

ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — There's a new twist in the investigation into that deadly California bus-truck collision. A couple says a tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened across a median, sideswiped their car and slammed into a charter bus. There was no initial mention of the truck being on fire. Five high school students and three chaperones on the bus died or are unaccounted for. The bus and big rig drivers were killed.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a uniformed officer shot and killed an 86-year-old man after he refused to drop his gun. The NYPD says two officers responded to a 911 call of a family dispute at a home in Queens today after a caller said he'd shot his daughter. Police say the gunman refused to drop his weapon, then pointed it at the officers. The woman who was shot has also died.

HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials say there is no threat of a tsunami to the coasts of California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii or Alaska after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did however issue a warning for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The Red Cross plans to open a shelter for people evacuated from their homes in the northwest Wyoming resort town of Jackson because of a slow-moving landslide. About 60 people have been forced from their homes since Wednesday. Officials say the unstable hillside continues to shift, making it unsafe for residents of mostly apartments to return home.

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