New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up
NEW YORK — The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is in place and will soon be strung with 50,000 lights as one of New York City’s star holiday attractions, a gift from a same-sex married couple.
Unsung heroes, animals played vital and varied roles in WWI
They were messengers, spies and sentinels. They led cavalry charges, carried supplies to the front, comforted wounded soldiers and died by the millions during World War I.
Leaders laud fallen soldiers on eve of armistice centennial
Traveling from across the world to monuments honoring soldiers who fell 100 years ago, victors and vanquished alike marked those sacrifices Saturday ahead of Armistice Day and assessed alliances that have been redrawn dramatically since the dark days of World War I.
Trump insults reporters, claims Acosta video wasn’t altered
NEW YORK — Before hopping on a plane to Paris on Friday, President Trump insulted some more reporters, threatened that others may have their White House credentials pulled like CNN’s Jim Acosta and disputed reports that his press secretary spread a doctored video of Acosta’s encounter with a White House intern.
Hear the one about Trump? You’ve probably heard a lot
NEW YORK — Did you hear the one about President Trump? Or, more precisely, did you hear all 3,128 jokes?
Hundreds of migrants leave Mexico City headed for border
MEXICO CITY — About 900 Central American migrants headed out of Mexico City on Friday to embark on the longest and most dangerous leg of their journey to the U.S. border, while thousands more were waiting one more day at a massive improvised shelter.
A grand re-opening
Lt. Danielle Bratton greets guests Friday during the grand re-opening of the Salvation Army Thrift Store in downtown Hilo. The store closed because of flooding damage after Hurricane Lane. It is now accepting donations in the back of the store and having a 50 percent off sale until Nov. 17.
Nation and World briefs for November 10
A brief look at news from around the globe.
Trump moves to limit asylum; new rules challenged in court
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Friday to deny asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, tightening the border as caravans of Central Americans slowly approach the United States. The plan was immediately challenged in court.
California city reeling from mass shooting besieged by fire
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A city reeling from the tragedy of a mass shooting was under a siege of a different sort Friday as raging wildfires on both sides of the city forced widespread evacuations and shut down part of the main freeway to town.