Rescuers were sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors

Officials say the infant's cause of death was homicide "as a result of multiple stab wounds," and that they found "multiple knives" at the scene.

The mayor of Chamonix, France, said that the man will receive 150,000 euros ($169,000) worth of the jewels. Local authorities will get the other half.

Frances Kompus turned 100 in November, the third in a trio of Atwood, Kansas sisters to do so. Sisters Julia Kopriva and Lucy Pochop, are 104 and 102.

Initial data from South Africa, the epicenter of the outbreak of the omicron variant, don’t show a resulting surge of hospitalizations. “Thus far, it doesn’t look like there’s a great degree of severity to it,” Anthony Fauci, U.S. President...