NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India say they were set to begin manual digging of what they hoped was the final phase of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks. This came a day after an attempt to drill vertically — an
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus Saturday evening. Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Jason J. Eaton, 48, while conducting a search of
Continue ReadingBy SHARON LURYE Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) — Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at factory jobs to support her children. “This is a new path for me
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — International mediators were pressing to extend a cease-fire in Gaza that has halted the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian violence in decades but is set to expire after Monday, as Israel and Hamas prepared for a fourth exchange of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt is going on trial over charges of favoritism related to a 2009 public sector contract passed when he was a mayor. France’s financial prosecutor’s office said Dussopt is suspected of having favored a private company, the Saur group, in the awarding of a water contract when he
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Six teenagers go on trial in Paris for their alleged role in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class. The killing in 2020 led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism. The Islamic radical who killed the teacher was shot
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president says most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons have been arrested. The attacks early Sunday surprised residents and security forces in the West African nation and raised fears of a possible coup in a troubled region. President Julius
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The holiday travel rush out of the valley continues tonight as guests head home from their Thanksgiving visits. News Channel 3 drove around the Coachella Valley to learn from travelers their experiences navigating the streets and highways. Interstate 10 going west has been packed since Saturday as people attempted to leave the valley. Tony Morales was
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A hearing is set to begin to help determine whether a Georgia railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line. The Georgia Public Service Commission is expected to begin hearing testimony Monday. The 4.5-mile line near Sparta would be built by the Sandersville Railroad to
Continue ReadingBy Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen toward a US warship in the Gulf of Aden, after the US Navy responded to a distress call from a commercial tanker that had been seized by armed individuals, the US military said Sunday. The tanker, identified as the Central
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — An international watchdog is urging the United Nations Security Council to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region. The U.N.’s refugee agency says more than 800 people were reportedly killed in a multi-day assault earlier this month. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which was
Continue ReadingBy GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Although the Los Angeles Chargers’ defense has been their primary problem for most of this increasingly unpleasant season, that unit put on a largely stellar performance Sunday night against dangerous AFC-leading Baltimore. And just when the defense got it together, the Chargers’ offense fell apart
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea is restoring frontline guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement. The South Korean announcement Monday comes amid heightened animosities over North Korea’s recent spy satellite launch. South Korea’s military said it detected North Korea
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press What motivates people to donate to charities or causes they care about is often deeply personal. Donors name relatives or friends who have survived or died from illnesses. They recount tearful conversations with their children. They point to their aspirations for how their communities and the larger world could be
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD Pakistan’s military says its forces raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the local Taliban and killed eight militants. Elsewhere, a suicide bomber on Monday targeted a vehicle with security forces in the northwestern Bannu district, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others, including three soldiers. In Sunday’s raid, no detail was
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual. Why? Because nonprofits and industry groups say donations so far are down compared with previous years. Many organizations will look to make up the difference on GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which started as a hashtag in
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual. Why? Because nonprofits and industry groups say donations so far are down compared with previous years. Many organizations will look to make up the difference on GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which started as a hashtag in
Continue ReadingBy Polo Sandoval, Elizabeth Wolfe, John Miller, Dakin Andone and Steve Almasy, CNN Burlington, Vermont (CNN) — One of the three 20-year-old Palestinian college students who were shot Saturday night in Vermont has been released from a hospital, a source close to the families of the victims told CNN on Monday night. The identity of
Continue ReadingEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid had a goal and four assists to give him nine points in two games and help the Edmonton Oilers rout the Anaheim Ducks 8-2 on Sunday night. In a week, McDavid jumped from 108th in the NHL scoring race with 13 points into a tie for 13th with 25
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The last trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory. It will be two paramedics, and not police officers, on trial this time. A jury being
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