Flooding took away the love of his life after 35 years without a day spent apart

ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, and liked to relax with their son at home. They had no idea that a hurricane could reach them in the mountains of East Tennessee. Living in Johnson...

The body of a missing Hungarian hiker is found in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's mountain rescuers on Thursday found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last week. A Facebook post said that a team located the man in a gorge, who was showing no signs of life, and that the transport of the...

Chinese automaker BYD slams reports of poor conditions at a factory site in Brazil

BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil where it is building a factory, saying the allegations were aimed at “smearing” China and Chinese brands. Earlier in the week, a task force...

Striking students in Serbia tell chief prosecutor to 'fight for law and justice'

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's striking university students on Wednesday rallied outside the chief prosecutor's office to demand justice over a concrete canopy collapse that killed 15 people last month in the country's north. More than 1,000 students symbolically left letters on...

California residents on edge as high surf and flooding threats persist on Christmas Eve

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California’s coast had residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man’s death and the partial collapse of a pier, which propelled three people into the Pacific Ocean. And two...

Russian cargo ship sinks in the Mediterranean after engine room blast, leaving 2 crew missing

MADRID (AP) — A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing, Spain's maritime rescue agency and the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Fourteen of the Ursa Major's crew were rescued uninjured from a lifeboat and...

Preconstruction work to begin in January to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge

BALTIMORE (AP) — Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is scheduled to begin in January, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore Sun reports that work is scheduled to include topographic and underwater surveys, as well as...

174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracks

WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) — Officials were investigating Sunday what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders. The gondola lift at Winter Park Resort, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Denver, automatically...

Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coast guard said Saturday it was searching for survivors or victims of a speedboat capsizing a day earlier involving migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. The capsizing, the result of the boat’s maneuvering to evade a patrol vessel...

22 people die in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck in Brazil