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Several people injured in the fatal fire at a Swiss bar remain unidentified. It's an unbearable wait

CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Arthur Brodard went to the Le Constellation bar with friends to celebrate the New Year. Long after a devastating fire, his mother still held out hope he might be one of the several injured people who remained unidentified after one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.

Those people gave a glimmer of hope for families whose loved ones were missing in the aftermath of Thursday's fire at the Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana that killed 40 people and injured more than 100 others.

“I’m looking everywhere. The body of... Read More

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president had been captured and flown out of the country after months of intense pressure on Nicolás Maduro's government — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.

The legal authority for the attack, and whether Trump consulted Congress beforehand, was not immediately clear. The stunning American military action, which plucked a nation’s sitting leader from office, echoed the U.S... Read More

From bus driver to president: Venezuela's Maduro never escaped his predecessor's shadow

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Nicolás Maduro, who rose from unionized bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country’s democratic undoing and economic collapse, was captured Saturday during an attack by U.S. forces on his capital.

U.S. President Donald Trump, in an early morning social media post, announced Maduro's capture. Venezuela's vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, later announced that the whereabouts of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, remained unknown. Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, said Maduro and Flores, would face charges after an indictment in New... Read More

Swiss skier Rast dedicates her 1st World Cup GS win to victims of Crans-Montana bar fire

KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) — Swiss skier Camille Rast earned her first career win in a World Cup giant slalom Saturday and then dedicated her victory to the victims of the fire at a Crans-Montana bar.

Rast tapped the black mourning band on her left upper arm twice after she finished her final run to beat second-placed Julia Scheib of Austria by two-tenths.

“This week, in my hometown, there was a tragical accident and I think about those families. We race for them, this weekend,” Rast said in a course-side interview.

Rast was born in Vétroz, a village... Read More

Conservationists in Kenya pay tribute to beloved 'super tusker' elephant Craig, who died at age 54

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyans are mourning the death of a beloved “super tusker” elephant whose long life in the wild came to symbolize the country's increasingly successful efforts to protect the mammals from ivory poachers.

The bull elephant who died on Saturday was named Craig. He lived in Amboseli National Park, a protected area in southern Kenya that is a favorite of safari tourists, the Kenya Wildlife Service said in a statement.

“Craig, the legendary super tusker famed for its immense, ground-sweeping tusks and calm, dignified presence, passed on at the... Read More

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Several people injured in the fatal fire at a Swiss bar remain unidentified. It's an unbearable wait

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

From bus driver to president: Venezuela's Maduro never escaped his predecessor's shadow

Swiss skier Rast dedicates her 1st World Cup GS win to victims of Crans-Montana bar fire

Conservationists in Kenya pay tribute to beloved 'super tusker' elephant Craig, who died at age 54

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