LONDON (AP) � Thousands of British gas stations have run dry, as motorists scrambled to fill up amid a supply disruption due to a shortage of truck drivers. Long lines of vehicles formed at many gas stations over the weekend, and tempers frayed as some drivers waited for hours. The Petrol Retailers Association, which represents

REDDING, Calif. (AP) � Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on a forest fire that displaced thousands of people near Shasta Lake in Northern California. Lighter winds and cooler weather is slowing the Fawn Fire as it moves toward the shores of the lake and away from populated areas north of the city of Redding.

LONDON (AP) � In a U-turn, Britain says it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to help fix supply-chain problems that have caused empty supermarket shelves, long lines at gas stations and shuttered petrol pumps. The Conservative government had resisted easing immigration rules, despite warnings from businesses that the driver shortage

ROME (AP) � Thousands of people have demonstrated in cities across Italy to support Afghan women. They’re demanding continued international pressure on the country’s Taliban leaders to let the women participate in the educational and political life of the country. Among the groups organizing the protests were members of the Pangea Foundation, which had worked