By Jenn Selva and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Hundreds of people trapped on British Columbia roadways by mudslides Monday have been rescued, officials said. There were three areas where vehicles were trapped between debris flows, including one on Highway 99 near Lillooet and two on Highway 7, Emergency Management British Columbia communications director Jordan Turner told
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The president of long-haul carrier Emirates says that an initial public offering of stock in the Dubai-based airline could happen as the city-state tries to boost its local financial market. President Tim Clark also promised Tuesday at the Dubai Air Show
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a passenger train has crashed into a college van at an unmanned railway crossing in eastern Pakistan, killing three students and injuring seven others. Tuesday’s accident happened in the district of Sheikhupura in the Punjab province. According to Rana Shakeel, a district administration official, the dead and injured have
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Two Indian journalists who were detained on charges of inciting communal violence after tweeting that religious attacks on Muslims were worse than police had reported were granted bail by a court in the northeastern state of Tripura. The journalists were reporting on religious tensions in the
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN A group of seven Australian women, some of whom were subjected to invasive medical examinations after authorities found an abandoned baby at Doha international airport, are planning on suing the Qatar government, their lawyer confirmed Tuesday. The women were told to disembark their Qatar Airways plane and forced
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Flooding and landsides prompted the complete closure of the West Coast’s main north-south highway overnight Monday near Bellingham, Washington, as the culmination of days of storms and high winds wreaked havoc in the Pacific Northwest.
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s state election commission says it is prosecuting the country’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud in last November’s general election. Allegations of widespread electoral fraud were the main reason cited by the military for its Feb.
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — Kyle Rittenhouse provocó los tiroteos fatales en Kenosha, Wisconsin, el año pasado al apuntar con su arma estilo AR-15 a Joseph Rosenbaum, dijeron los fiscales el lunes en los argumentos finales de su juicio por homicidio. “Eso es lo que provoca todo este incidente”, dijo el fiscal Thomas Binger. “Cuando el
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jerod Haase begins his sixth season coaching the Stanford men’s basketball team still finding new ways to lead the program. Many recruits now spend an hour visiting with a prominent and innovative doctor in the medical school. Haase develops many of his campus relationships through
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jerod Haase begins his sixth season coaching the Stanford men’s basketball team still finding new ways to lead the program. Many recruits now spend an hour visiting with a prominent and innovative doctor in the medical school. Haase develops many of his campus relationships through
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The newest player on the U.S. men’s national soccer team feels like he fits right in. While former high school classmates are getting ready for Thanksgiving break of their college freshman semesters, 18-year-old defender Joe Scally could make his debut as a reserve in Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The newest player on the U.S. men’s national soccer team feels like he fits right in. While former high school classmates are getting ready for Thanksgiving break of their college freshman semesters, 18-year-old defender Joe Scally could make his debut as a reserve in Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Russell Wilson wants to play another decade and hopes to buy an NFL team after he retires. The seven-time Pro Bowl quarterback is focused on helping the Seattle Seahawks (3-6) turn their season around but he also has big plans for the future. Wilson, who turns 33 on
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Russell Wilson wants to play another decade and hopes to buy an NFL team after he retires. The seven-time Pro Bowl quarterback is focused on helping the Seattle Seahawks (3-6) turn their season around but he also has big plans for the future. Wilson, who turns 33 on
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — For a guy who wouldn’t put himself in harm’s way or Darius Slay’s path, Teddy Bridgewater sure didn’t have any problem falling on the sword. Or was he pushed? Broncos coach Vic Fangio called out Bridgewater in a team meeting Monday for being a bystander
Continue ReadingBy ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) — For a guy who wouldn’t put himself in harm’s way or Darius Slay’s path, Teddy Bridgewater sure didn’t have any problem falling on the sword. Or was he pushed? Broncos coach Vic Fangio called out Bridgewater in a team meeting Monday for being a bystander
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is appearing in court for the first time in over half a year as a one-time confidant prepares to take the stand against him in a high-profile corruption case. Nir Hefetz, a former Netanyahu aide, is a star prosecution witness
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić is learning what all great big men have had to figure out when it comes to physical play: how to show enough is enough without hurting the team. The player nicknamed “Joker” has been known to turn to officials over perceived
Continue ReadingBy RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Two explosions have rocked Uganda’s capital, Kampala, killing at least three civilians in what police described as a coordinated attack by extremists. Police said three suicide bombers also died in the blasts. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the explosions. The blasts caused chaos
Continue ReadingBy MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Many people in Turkey are facing increased hardship as prices of food and other goods have soared. While rising consumer prices are affecting countries worldwide as they bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, economists say Turkey’s eye-popping inflation has been exacerbated by economic mismanagement,
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