By BEATRICE DUPUY, RICHARD LARDNER and SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Vildana Mutevelić huddled in her apartment with her two young children and elderly cousins. They had no heat, electricity or running water as artillery shells tore the roof off their building and almost took their lives. To survive, she improvised. Mutevelić
Continue Reading By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by the U.S., Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. There
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By KEN MORITSUGU and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Moves by the U.S., Japan and others to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive outbreak — and the government may not inform the rest of the world quickly enough. There
Continue Reading By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico — a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north — they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape
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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico — a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north — they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape
Continue Reading By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico — a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north — they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A court is scheduled on Thursday to unveil the winners of the Arizona attorney general’s race and two other elections that were so close they triggered mandatory recounts. The highly anticipated results are among the last in the country to come out of November’s election and could
Continue Reading By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A court is scheduled on Thursday to unveil the winners of the Arizona attorney general’s race and two other elections that were so close they triggered mandatory recounts. The highly anticipated results are among the last in the country to come out of November’s election and could
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Callum McRae’s 19 points helped Sacramento State defeat Stanislaus State 72-51 on Wednesday. McRae also had 15 rebounds for the Hornets (7-6). Austin Patterson scored 17 points and added five rebounds. Zach Chappell recorded 15 points and was 5 of 11 shooting (3 for 7 from distance). Marlon Short led the
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Holiday Bowl emerged from a two-year pandemic hiatus with a new home and the same reputation for thrilling finishes. Bo Nix threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Cota on fourth down with 19 seconds left and Camden Lewis’ PAT bounced off the left
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Thursday after benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wall Street in the middle of a mostly quiet and holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices declined. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% to 25,990.68. The Hang Seng in Hong
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares slipped in Asia on Thursday after benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wall Street in the middle of a mostly quiet and holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures were mixed and oil prices declined. Investors are watching to see how China’s relaxation of its stringent COVID-19 policies,
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Jack Forrest, CNN The Biden administration has approved a potential $180 million arms sale to Taiwan amid ongoing tensions between the island and Beijing, the State Department announced Wednesday. The administration informed Congress Wednesday of its approval of the possible sale of vehicle-launched anti-tank munition-laying systems, and related equipment, to the
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A fire burning through a Cambodian hotel casino has killed at least 10 people and injured 30 others, police said Thursday, and neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a bustling border region. Videos posted on social media showed people apparently jumping
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A fire burning through a Cambodian hotel casino has killed at least 10 people and injured 30 others, police said Thursday, and neighboring Thailand sent firetrucks to help fight the blaze in a bustling border region. Videos posted on social media showed people apparently jumping
Continue Readingby Diksha Madhok Users around the world struggled to access Twitter on Wednesday—even as an error message urged “don’t fret… Let’s try again.” As intermittent outages spread, the hashtag #TwitterDown began to trend globally. “User reports indicate Twitter is having problems since 7:13 pm EST,” according to outage detection site Downdetector, where many of the
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN A 5-year-old girl saved her baby brother’s life after a car crash killed their parents, leaving three young children trapped in the wreckage for more than two days in a remote part of rural Western Australia, CNN affiliate Nine News reported. In a statement, Western Australia Police said the family’s Land
Continue Reading PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Local reports say a fire burning through a Cambodian hotel casino on the border with Thailand has killed at least 10 people. The reports said the blaze at the Grand Diamond Casino and Hotel in the border town of Poipet broke out around midnight on Wednesday and was still burning
Continue Reading PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Three people were killed Wednesday when two cars collided in Palm Desert, authorities said. The crash occurred at about 7:15 p.m. and some people were trapped in the cars, the Riverside County Fire Department said. Three people died at the scene and one person was taken to the hospital with
Continue Reading OJAI, Calif. (AP) — No criminal charges will be filed over decades of alleged sexual misconduct at an elite private high school in Southern California even though “numerous” children were victimized, authorities said Wednesday. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and the county district attorney’s office announced they completed an 18-month investigation into more than 100
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