Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister, others

BROVARY, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities say a helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister and other government officials crashed into a kindergarten in suburban Kyiv, killing him and about a dozen other people, including a child on the ground. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi oversaw Ukraine’s police and emergency services and is the most senior official to die…

Everyone in California’s Montecito ordered out amid deluge

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rain-weary Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, prompting widespread evacuations, toppling trees and frustrating motorists who hit roadblocks. Tens of thousands of people remained without power, and some schools closed for the day. An evacuation order for the entire…

US approves Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows disease

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have approved a new Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows the brain-robbing disease. The Food and Drug Administration granted the approval Friday for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, but didn’t rule out broader use. It’s the first drug that’s been convincingly shown to slow the decline in memory…