LIMA, Peru — A bus carrying mostly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged 250 feet (80 meters) into a ravine in Peru’s southern Andes Thursday, killing 42 people and injuring at least eight, authorities said.

40 killed when bus plunges into ravine in southeastern Peru

Peru bus crash kills 40 passengers

LIMA, Peru — Police say 40 people died when a bus carrying mainly Quechua farmers and merchants home for Christmas plunged into a ravine on a remote highway in the southeastern Andes.

Roman Catholic cleric in Holy Land prays for Mideast peace; Christmas gloom elsewhere too

Christmas gloom, prayers for peace in Holy Land

Top Roman Catholic cleric in Holy Land prays for Mideast peace

Top Roman Catholic in Holy Land prays for peace

3 killed heading home for Christmas after vessels collide in Philippines; dozens missing

3 dead after Philippine sea collision; 24 missing

Philippine troops rushing to move last remaining residents from volcano’s danger zone

Filipino troops rush to move holdouts from volcano

Search teams look for 27 missing after ferry collides with fishing boat in Philippines

Vessels collide in Philippines, leaving 27 missing

Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays; worst of storm still to hit Midwest

Massive storm disrupts last-minute holiday travel

2 vessels collide in Philippines; 46 rescued, 27 missing

2 vessels collide in Philippines; 27 missing

Official: 28 units burned, 14 families displaced in 3-alarm apartment blaze in Las Vegas

Official: 28 units burned in Vegas apartment blaze

Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays as storm spreads across Midwest

Winter storm starts to spread across Midwest

Panic, confusion _ but no deaths _ after plane carrying 154 skids off runway in rainy Jamaica

Panic _ but no deaths _ in jet accident in Jamaica

2 hurt in wind-whipped blaze at apartment complex east of Las Vegas Strip

2 hurt in 3-alarm blaze at Las Vegas complex

Holiday travelers race to beat snow as major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest

Major winter storm taking aim at West, Midwest

Holiday travelers race to beat snow as major winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Major winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Icy conditions linger in UK: Bus accident kills 2, delays and cancellations continue

UK: 2 die in bus accident as icy conditions linger

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again in odd yuletide tradition

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again

moscow (ap) — one of russia’s largest steel and mining companies says an explosion in one of its mines has killed six people, while three are missing.

American Airlines flight from Miami overshoots runway in Kingston, Jamaica; more than 40 hurt

Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; more than 40 hurt

Holiday travelers adjust plans as fast-moving winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Winter storm plods through West, Midwest

DENVER — A fast-moving storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, but not without threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers.

Holiday travelers adjust plans as winter storm plods through West, Midwest

Storm plods through West, Midwest

DENVER — A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest, but not without threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers.

Ho, ho, ho, stay away from volcano: Philippines throws parties to keep evacuees in shelters

Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Snowstorm could snarl holiday travel throughout West, Midwest

Holiday storm could snarl travel in West, Midwest