Six passengers killed when bus plunges into river in Spain
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Rescuers on Sunday recovered the victims from a bus that ran off a bridge and plunged into a river on Christmas Eve,…
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4 dead, 36 hurt in bus crash on icy road in British Columbia
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian authorities say a bus rolled over on an icy highway in British Columbia on Christmas Eve, killing four people and injuring…
Continue Reading‘Avatar’ sequel sails to 2nd week atop the box office
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” sailed to the top of the box office in its second…
Continue ReadingDozens of people hospitalized by ammonia leak in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Officials say a freight train carrying ammonia derailed in eastern Serbia that caused dozens of people to become ill and…
Continue ReadingCalifornia 19-year-old arrested in bogus parking ticket scam
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man designed fake parking tickets and put them on cars near the beach in Northern…
Continue ReadingMan kills wife, himself at Colorado Jehovah’s Witnesses hall
THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in suburban Denver say a man killed his wife and then himself at a Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom…
Continue ReadingUFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar dead at age 45
By The Associated Press Former fighter Stephan Bonnar, who played a significant role in the UFC’s growth into the dominant promotion in mixed…
Continue ReadingReport: 2 missing after Austria avalanche, fewer than feared
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Rescue workers were searching for two missing people after an avalanche swept across ski trails in western Austria on…
Continue ReadingAid group says tribal clashes kill 12 in Sudan’s Darfur
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An aid group says tribal violence in Sudan’s long-restive region of Darfur killed at least 12 people over the past…
Continue ReadingBoil water order issued in Mississippi capital amid freeze
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — City officials in Jackson, Mississippi, say residents must boil their drinking water due to water lines bursting in the…
Continue ReadingFlorida deputy fatally shot during Christmas Eve standoff
SHALIMAR, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in the Florida Panhandle was fatally shot Christmas Eve during a standoff with a suspect who was being…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t drop charges for former gubernatorial candidate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has refused to throw out criminal charges against former Democratic gubernatorial candidate…
Continue ReadingMigrants dropped near VP Harris home on frigid Christmas Eve
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three buses of recent migrant families arrived from Texas near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in record-setting cold on…
Continue ReadingPutin claims Moscow ready for Ukraine talks as attacks go on
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is ready for talks to end the war in Ukraine even as the country faced more…
Continue ReadingNorth Macedonia takes emergency anti-pollution steps
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government say it’s imposing urgent measures in…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Paris shooting suspect wanted to kill migrants
PARIS (AP) — The man suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris ahead of Christmas weekend told investigators that he had set out that…
Continue ReadingUS warns of possible attack in Islamabad amid security fears
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad is warning its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan’s capital. Local…
Continue ReadingKing Charles salutes late queen, public workers in speech
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has evoked memories of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his first Christmas message as monarch. In the…
Continue ReadingEx-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe
MALE, Maldives (AP) — A court in Maldives has found the former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu rebukes far-right ally for anti-LGBTQ comments
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Designated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition…
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