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Extreme weather claims 2 lives in Bulgaria and leaves many in the dark 11/19/2023 10:58am • SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Gale-force winds and heavy rain and snow hit large parts of Bulgaria on Sunday, claiming the lives of two people, causing severe damage and disrupting power supply in towns and villages, officials said. Residents in eastern Bulgaria, which was hit the hardest, said they had Roadside bomb kills 3 people in Pakistan's insurgency-hit Baluchistan province 11/19/2023 06:38am • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, killing three people, police said. Police officer Mohammad Rahim said the bomb was planted on a dirt road in the Balgatar area of Kech district and was detonated remotely. Three men, two of whom were Gordon rushes for 164 yards and 3 TDs, leads No. 24 Oklahoma St. past Houston 43-30 11/18/2023 09:29pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Alan Bowman threw for 348 yards and two touchdowns, Ollie Gordon II rushed for 164 yards and three second-half touchdowns and No. 24 Oklahoma State kept its hopes of reaching the Big 12 Championship game alive with a 43-30 win over Houston on Saturday. Oklahoma State fell behind 23- Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa 11/18/2023 06:44pm • FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump celebrated a win in a closely watched election case during a return visit to Iowa Saturday, where he blasted his political foes and encouraged his supporters to not move past their grievances with President Joe Biden. A Colorado judge Friday re Tiger Woods to play in the Bahamas, his first competition since the Masters 11/18/2023 12:52pm • Tiger Woods showed he could walk four days while caddying for his son. Now he has decided he is fit enough to try to play. Woods announced on social media Saturday he will be playing in the Hero World Challenge, which starts Nov. 30 at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas. It will be his first time compe Study: Gas-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers in Md. produce as much pollution as long car trips 11/18/2023 11:56am • It’s leaf blower season, adding new layers of unwelcome noise to the cacophony of daily life. Leaf blowers — along with gas-powered lawn mowers, string trimmers, chainsaws and other garden equipment, also generate an alarming amount of air pollution. Some machines emit as much pollution in a A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai 11/18/2023 10:34am • BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from his company and then fleeing to Morocco was extradited back to China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security said. The man, a financial executive at the company, used password First group of wounded Palestinian children from Israel-Hamas war arrives in United Arab Emirates 11/18/2023 07:44am • ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first planeload of Palestinian children wounded in the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip reached the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, part of a pledged relief effort by the country to aid 1,000 children. The group of 15 people, including childre Ferrari sweeps qualifying for Las Vegas Grand Prix, but penalty to Sainz drops him to 12th 11/18/2023 05:33am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ferrari rebounded from a disastrous first day of the Las Vegas Grand Prix with a Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. sweep of Friday night qualifying. Only it does not translate into a 1-2 start in Saturday night's race for the two Ferrari drivers. Sainz is in a backup car becau F1 tries to recover from embarrassing first day of Las Vegas Grand Prix 11/18/2023 04:26am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Formula One is hoping to turn its luck around on the Strip, like so many other Las Vegas visitors who blow a big bankroll on arrival. The elite global motorsports series placed a $500 million gamble on a new event in Sin City promoted for the first time by F1 and owner Liberty Med ‘Every move I make, I second guess’: These Muslim and Arab Americans say the surge in hate has made them more vigilant 11/18/2023 04:00am • (CNN) — Nicole was walking through an affluent part of Alexandria, Virginia, with a friend last month, when a man approached her and began screaming.He railed about the hijab she wore, saying she looked Muslim, and made comments about Hamas raping Israeli women, she said. Her friend corrobora The world's attention is on Gaza, and Ukrainians worry war fatigue will hurt their cause 11/18/2023 12:45am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — When Tymofii Postoiuk and his friends set up an online fundraising effort for Ukraine, donations poured in from around the globe, helping to purchase essential equipment for Ukrainian armed forces. As the fighting with Russia wore on and war fatigue set in, the donations slowe Live updates | Limited telecom services return to Gaza, but the UN lacks fuel for aid delivery 11/18/2023 12:22am • Limited phone and internet services began working again Friday across Gaza after fuel was delivered to restart generators that power the networks. Israel announced that it will allow two tanker trucks of fuel into Gaza each day for the United Nations and communication systems. That amount is half of Philadelphia man sentenced to 8 years in drunken driving crash that killed promising GW business student 11/17/2023 08:29pm • The Philadelphia man who prosecutors said downed several drinks at a D.C. bar before getting behind the wheel last January and crashing into an Uber, killing a promising George Washington University business student, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Before handing down his sentence, 6 Colorado officers charged with failing to intervene during fatal standoff 11/17/2023 07:10pm • DENVER (AP) — Six more Colorado law enforcement officers were charged Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis last year that became an example for critics of what’s wrong with how police handle such calls. The latest charges bring the to