| Mexican bus crash kills 24
MEXICO CITY: Twenty-four people were killed when a bus and tractor-trailer crashed and burst into flames on Saturday in the Mexican state of Chihuahua close to the US border, authorities said.
Eduardo Esparza, spokesman for the state attorney general's office, said 18 others were treated in hospitals for burns after the fire reduced the two vehicles to ashes.
“All of them had burns, some were totally cremated," Esparza said.
Authorities said the victims were take to a morgue in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Family members gave blood samples to help identify bodies.
A police official said most of the dead were passengers on the bus, which slammed into the truck before both vehicles were engulfed by flames.
The official, who asked not to be identified, said the crash may have been caused by excess speed, or possibly because the bus driver fell asleep.
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After opening own firm, alum seeks spot on bench
Roca, a local lawyer, is running for a seat in Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas, which consists of 93 judges who are assigned to the following three divisions: trial court, family court and orphans' court.
"I work hard, I'm honest. I've strived to do the best I can for the past 12 years and I would continue to do that on the bench," Roca said.
Roca is the only Latina candidate of 21 attorneys on the ballot who are vying in the May 15 primary for four vacant seats. She wants to be on the bench for the family court division, and she said her bilingual
skills would be an asset to her courtroom.
Roca was born and raised in Philadelphia.
She lived in several neighborhoods, including Spring Garden, Olney and Hunting
Park. After graduating high school, she attended the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico for a year before taking classes at Temple.
A fresh eye on family dynamics
Growing up, Herman (Toshy) Wolfman was different, and not in a good way. Born in Toronto in 1916 to a Russian Jewish immigrant and the daughter of Galician immigrants, he grew up with a cleft lip, a speech impediment and the belief that someone with his "defective tools" had nothing to offer the world except trouble. When he was 20, that notion was confirmed when he was sent to prison for 11 years, convicted of stealing a diamond that belonged to the employer of his oldest sister, Bessie. Bessie was a young widow with a child to support. Both she and Toshy's other big sister, Lil, a medical student, knew he was innocent. Lil had been with Toshy at the scene of the crime: she could have saved his hide. But when you're the deformed younger brother of a widow and of a medical student with the potential for a long, successful career, you take the fall, no matter the consequences.
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