Trump will be joined by South Carolina leaders at New Hampshire rally as he tries to undercut Haley

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — surrounded himself with leaders from Nikki Haley’s home state in a show of strength before Tuesday’s New Hampshire .

Trump was joined at a rally at the NHU Arena in Manchester on Saturday night by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the state’s lieutenant governor and a slew of other senior officials, including the state’s attorney general, treasurer and House speaker. The statewide officials, along with U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson, William Timmons


Decade after fatal fire, some Quebec seniors’ residences unable to install sprinklers

MONTREAL — Ten years after 32 people died in a fire that ripped through a residential complex for seniors in rural Quebec, around a quarter of all private seniors’ residences in the province are still struggling to comply with a requirement to install sprinkler systems.

The January 2014 fire at the Résidence du Havre in L’Isle-Verte, Que. — nearly 200 kilometres northeast of Quebec City — sent shock waves through the province. A subsequent investigation and 2015 report by


Racist chants aimed at AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan prompt game at Udinese to be briefly suspended

UDINE, Italy (AP) — AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan walked off the field after being subjected to racist abuse by Udinese fans during a top-tier Italian league game on Saturday — prompting the match to be suspended briefly during the first half.

Shortly after Milan had scored to take a 1-0 lead and Milan was about to take a goal kick, Maignan signaled to his teammates to stop, walked to the referee and then to the sideline.

“They made monkey noises and it’s not the first


Some 500 migrants depart northern Honduras in a bid to reach the US by caravan

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Some 500 Honduran migrants in a caravan departed Saturday before dawn from the northern city of San Pedro Sula in hopes of reaching the United States.

It was the first such group since January 2022 and was comprised of men, women and children mostly from inland and southern , where many farm workers lost their jobs due to the closure of some plantations.

“We are determined to keep going because here we are worse off. We have no jobs. We


Kansas couple charged with collecting man’s retirement while keeping his body in their home 6 years

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas couple has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $215,000 in retirement benefits on behalf of a dead relative while they concealed his body inside their home for six years.

Authorities say Mike Carroll’s pacemaker showed that he died in 2016 at age 81, but Overland Park police didn’t discover his body until 2022 after his son-in-law, Kirk Ritter, called police to report


911 calls from Maui capture pleas for the stranded, the missing and those caught in the fire’s chaos

The day after the in a century on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn’t stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few minutes, interspersed with reports of new fires starting and older ones flaring back up.

The 911 recordings from the morning and early afternoon of Aug. 9 were the third batch of in response to a public record request. They show how first responders and emergency dispatchers — many of


Some South Carolina voters ready to support DeSantis, despite acknowledging Trump’s lead in state

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — on Saturday tried to frame his White House campaign as the one that can top GOP front-runner and in pivotal South Carolina, but some who came out to see him in this coastal tourist mecca said they felt the state was likely to go the former president’s way in next month’s primary.

It was some of the same sentiment as well in DeSantis’ stop at a diner in Florence, where the former Navy officer leaned heavily into his experience


Mourners fill church to remember the Iowa principal who risked life to save kids in school shooting

The longtime Iowa principal who risked his life to save students during a earlier this month was remembered Saturday not just for his heroic actions that day but for the unconditional love and compassion he showed his family and students during his years at Perry High School.

Mourners filled the Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines just over 30 miles (48 kilometers) away from where Dan Marburger had worked since 1995 and been principal since 1997. He died on Jan. 14 in the hospital


A British politician calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gets heckled by pro-Palestinian protesters

LONDON (AP) — A British politician who was making a speech calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip was interrupted Saturday by pro-Palestinian protesters.

David Lammy, a member of Parliament from the center-left opposition Labour party, was briefly rushed backstage when a woman began shouting and walked up to the microphone where he had been standing and unfurled a Palestinian flag.

“When will you condemn the genocide? How many more children need to die?” demonstrators shouted.

After protesters were escorted away,


Winter blast in much of U.S. poses serious risks like black ice, frostbite and hypothermia.

ATLANTA (AP) — Freezing temperatures and wind speeds are creating in a large part of the U.S. stretching from Montana to northern Florida. The region is not expected to begin thawing out until Monday.

Here are some of the dangers the winter blast poses and how to protect against them:

WIND CHILL

Wind chill describes what the air temperature feels like to human skin from the combination of wind speed and temperature. It is expected to be in the single digits in parts of the southern U.S.,