LANDSLIDE IN NORWAY SENDS 8 BUILDINGS INTO THE SEA

A freak landslide in Norway has swept at least eight buildings into the sea, creating substantial damage, prompting a dog rescue, but causing no injuries.

The buildings, mostly cabins used as holiday homes, were pushed into the sea Wednesday in the slide of quick clay in the Alta municipality in northern Norway — a rare event in the country.

The landslide, which ran 2,133 feet along the shore and went nearly 500 feet inland, was the largest the area has ever seen, according to Anders Bjordal, a Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate senior engineer.

Seven people dead in Alabama shooting, police say.

Seven people were found shot dead in a house in northern Alabama late Thursday, and authorities said they were searching for the person responsible early Friday.

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and police responded to an emergency call reporting gunshots at about 11:20 p.m. Thursday in Valhermoso Springs, near Huntsville, Ala.

They found seven adults dead and began investigating the case as a homicide, the sheriff’s office said.

U.S. will allow limited flights by Chinese airlines, not a ban.

The Trump administration said Friday it will let Chinese airlines operate a limited number of flights to the United States, backing down from a threat to ban the flights.

The decision came one day after China appeared to open the door to U.S. carriers United Airlines and Delta Air Lines resuming one flight per week each into the country.

The Transportation Department said it will let Chinese passenger airlines fly a combined total of two round-trip flights per week between the U.S. and China, which it said would equal the number of flights that China’s aviation authority will allow for U.S. carriers.

French forces kill al-Qaeda’s North African commander.

BAMAKO, MALI» French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaeda’s North Africa affiliate, the France’s defense minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after years of battling jihadists in the Sahel.

There was no immediate confirmation of his death from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, which has made millions of dollars abducting foreigners for ransom over the years and made large swaths of West Africa too dangerous for aid groups to access.

French Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted that Droukdel and several of his allies were killed Wednesday in northern Mali by French forces and their partners.

Cristobal threatens gulf coast from Louisiana to Florida.

Tropical Storm Cristobal, which forced evacuations and killed many people in El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, is expected to make landfall Sunday evening in Louisiana, where officials have declared a state of emergency. Gov. John Bel Edwards declared the emergency Thursday, warning residents they should prepare to evacuate their homes ahead of tropical storm-like conditions.