Associated Press stories, Page 2241

DARWIN, Australia — Police say a woman who became stranded in the arid central Australian Outback with two friends almost two weeks ago has been rescued. Police Superintendent Pauline Vicary told Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday that Tamra McBeath-Riley is being treated in an Alice Springs hospital for dehydration and...

After Kamala Harris challenged Joe Biden’s past opposition to school busing in a nationally televised Democratic presidential debate, the former vice president who prides himself on strong relationships in the black community was in an unfamiliar place, playing defense on race. But Bebe Coker had a message for the man...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — A man using a metal detector on a Florida beach found a high school ring that another man lost nearly 50 years ago. Kenneth Board says he lost the Auburndale High School ring on Cocoa Beach the day after the 1970 senior prom. The Ledger reports...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A new statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks was dedicated in Alabama’s capital city on Sunday, the 64th anniversary of her historic refusal to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey pulled...

SALT LAKE CITY — A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for”...

NASHVILLE — Police in Tennessee were searching Sunday for four teenagers who escaped from a juvenile detention center in Nashville. One of the escapees is a suspect in the February slaying of a rock band’s frontman. The teens broke out of the downtown facility Saturday night and are believed to...

A tearful Journey Brown buried his head into the shoulder of his position coach after his first touchdown Saturday. And, after his third and final score, he looked up to the sky and blew a kiss. This performance, he told the Big Ten Network, was for his teenage cousin, Paige...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is turning to gun rights for the first time in nearly a decade, even though those who brought the case, New York City gun owners, already have won changes to the regulation they challenged. The justices’ persistence in hearing arguments Monday despite the city’s action...

WASHINGTON — The “three amigos” used to stand for one thing in Washington — the pack of globe-trotting senators led by John McCain who brought American idealism to the world’s trouble spots. Now it refers to another trio, the Trump envoys who pushed Ukraine to pursue investigations of Democrats and...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As he vies for the chance to replace President Trump, Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he is running a campaign that, like Scripture, calls for a renewed focus on justice in the way all people should be treated. It’s a broad-based approach that the Vermont...

LOS ANGELES — “Frozen 2” kept a wintry wind at its back in its second week, setting a Thanksgiving record with a whopping box office bounty. Disney’s ice princess sequel brought in $85.3 million in the U.S. and Canada over the weekend and earned an unprecedented $132.7 million for the...

MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities say two boys have been shot to death outside a house in Minneapolis and a male suspect could be holding someone hostage inside the property. Police spokesman John Elder describes the two boys as “not yet teenagers.” He says it appears they had been playing in the...

MEXICO CITY — Mexican security forces on Sunday killed seven more members of a presumed cartel assault force that rolled into a town near the Texas border and staged an hour-long attack, officials said, bringing the death toll to at least 21. The Coahuila state government said in a statement...

Alabama dropped to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll, snapping the Crimson Tide’s record streak of 68 appearances in the top five. The top four teams in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank were unchanged, with LSU at No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Clemson...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police say 11 people were wounded in a shooting early Sunday on the edge of the city’s famed French Quarter. A police news release said two people were in critical condition. No arrests were announced by midday Sunday. Police Supt. Shaun Ferguson told The New...

FRANKFURT, Germany — Mariss Jansons, conductor of top classical ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, has died in Russia. He was 76. Jansons’ death in St. Petersburg was confirmed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he was chief conductor. Jansons had canceled...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has hailed Nativity scenes as ”simple and admirable” signs of Christian faith, commenting on a traditional Christmas practice that has triggered court battles in the United States. Francis told faithful in St. Peter’s Square that later Sunday he will visit the Italian hill town of...

WASHINGTON — The House impeachment inquiry enters a pivotal stage this week, with investigators planning a vote Tuesday to approve their report making the case for President Donald Trump’s removal from office as he decides whether to mount a defense before a likely Senate trial. A draft report will be...

CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. — Nine people died and three more were injured when a single-engine plane bound for Idaho crashed shortly after takeoff in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board told The Associated Press 12 people were aboard the Pilatus PC-12 when it crashed about 12:30 p.m....

ST. LOUIS — Nathan Walker didn’t have to wait long for a second chance to snap his scoreless drought. Justin Faulk and Walker each scored for the first time with the Blues, and St. Louis beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2, on Saturday night. Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an...

CLEVELAND — Algevon Eichelberger had a career-high 21 points as Cleveland State beat Robert Morris, 70-59, on Saturday night. Tre Gomillion had 15 points for Cleveland State (4-4). Craig Beaudion added 14 points. Franklyn Penn Jr. had eight rebounds for the Vikings. Josh Williams had 17 points and six rebounds...