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CHRISRADBURN — PAVIAAP Passengers are handed a bag of provisions as they arrive at Luton Airport a er an Easy Jet flight from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, on Friday in Luton, England. ByJimHeintzandMerrit Kennedy The Associated Press MOSCOW In an abrupt turnaround, Russia on Fri- day suspended all passen- ger flights to Egypt after days of resisting U.S. and British suggestions that a bomb may have brought down a Russian plane in the Sinai Peninsula a week ago. The move dealt a sharp blow to both countries' tourism sectors amid fears about security in Egypt. Russia's federal aviation agency said airlines would be allowed to send empty planes to bring home travel- ers, but it was unclear when the Russians in Egypt, es- timated to number at least 40,000, would be able to re- turn home as planned from the Red Sea resorts includ- ing Sharm el-Sheikh. Within hours of the Oct. 31 crash of the Metrojet Air- bus 321-200 that killed all 224 aboard — mostly Rus- sians — a faction of the Is- lamic State militant group claimed to have downed it in retaliation for Moscow's airstrikes that began a month earlier against fight- ers in Syria. The claim was initially dismissed on the grounds that the IS affili- ate in Egypt's troubled Si- nai region didn't have mis- siles capable of hitting high- flying planes. British and U.S. officials, guided primarily by intel- ligence intercepts and sat- ellite imagery, suggested a bomb might have been aboard the aircraft. The Russians and Egyptians called that premature, say- ing the investigation had not concluded. After Britain suspended itsflightstoandfromSharm el-Sheikh, Prime Minis- ter David Cameron said it was "more likely than not" that the cause was a bomb. President Barack Obama also said the U.S. was tak- ing "very seriously" the pos- sibility that a bomb brought down the plane in the Sinai, where Egyptian forces have been battling an Islamic in- surgency for years. As the suspicions grew, Russia appeared unwilling to countenance the possibil- ity, and Egyptian officials played down terrorism as a cause of the crash, with President Abdel-Fattah el- Sissi calling the IS claim "propaganda" designed to embarrass his government. But on Friday, the head of Russian intelligence, Al- exander Bortnikov, recom- mended a suspension of all flights to Egypt "until we determine the real reasons of what happened," and President Vladimir Putin quickly agreed. Russiasuspendsflights to Egypt, citing security TOURISM BLOW By Andrew Demillo and Jill Bleed The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, ARK. A bus ferrying migrant workers from Michigan to Texas ran off a highway and hit a bridge in Arkansas on Fri- day, killing six people and injuring six others. The im- pact ripped off most of the bus roof and ejected some passengers onto the inter- state, but the driver sur- vived. The crash on Interstate 40 in North Little Rock happened at about 1 a.m., in light rain and fog fol- lowing a heavy storm, but it wasn't immediately known if weather played a role. The National Trans- portation Safety Board is investigating, with an ini- tial focus on the possibil- ity of driver fatigue and on how the passengers were protected, spokesman Eric Weiss said. Roberto Vasquez, 28, of Monroe, Michigan, was be- hind the wheel when the bus ran off the right side of the highway, struck a wall and then hit the bridge. Three of the six killed had been ejected from the bus and one was partially ejected. The other two died inside the bus, said Col. Bill Bryant, the head of the Ar- kansas State Police. Officers were working with the Mexican consul- ate to notify the victims' families, Bryant added. Vasquez has agreed to routine drug and alcohol tests, but there's no indi- cation he was intoxicated, state police Maj. Mike Fos- ter said. Highway officials said the span remained struc- turally sound, even though the impact tore off much of the roof, mostly toward the rear of the bus. Traffic was snarled for hours, but the scene was cleared before daybreak. Three employees of Vasquez Citrus and Haul- ing of Lake Placid, Florida, were transporting 19 work- ers from Monroe, Michi- gan, to Laredo, Texas. Po- lice did not discuss the na- ture of their work, but the company had advertised for seasonal farmworkers last spring on a Michigan jobs site, saying the work would end in November. CRASH 6 migrant workers killed as bus hits bridge in Ark. By Steve Peoples The Associated Press WASHINGTON Ben Car- son was not offered a for- mal scholarship to West Point as he wrote in his au- tobiography, his campaign said Friday, acknowledg- ing the latest in a series of misstatements from the retired neurosurgeon who has surged to the top of the GOP's presidential field. Carson, a newcomer to national politics, has de- veloped a passionate fol- lowing based in part on his inspirational personal story and devotion to Christian values. The only African-American in the Republican 2016 class, Car- son grew up in inner-city Detroit and often speaks about his brushes with vi- olence and poverty during his early years. His campaign on Friday sought to clarify a state- ment about the U.S. Mili- tary Academy in his break- out book, "Gifted Hands," in which he outlines his participation with the Re- serve Officers' Training Corps, commonly known as ROTC, while in high school. "I was offered a full scholarship to West Point," Carson wrote in the 1996 book. "I didn't refuse the scholarship outright, but I let them know that a mili- tary career wasn't where I saw myself going. As over- joyed as I felt to be offered such a scholarship, I wasn't really tempted." Campaign spokesman Doug Watts said Carson was "the top ROTC stu- dent in the city of Detroit" and "was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC supervisors." "They told him they could help him get an ap- pointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission," Watts said. Students granted admis- sion to West Point are not awarded scholarships. In- stead, they are said to earn appointmentstothemilitary academy, which comes with tuition,roomandboardand expenses paid, in exchange forfiveyearsofserviceinthe Army after graduation. A West Point spokesman on Friday said the academy "cannot confirm whether anyone during that time period was nominated to West Point if they chose not to pursue completion of the application process." The story, first reported on Friday by Politico, con- cerns the latest Carson statement that has been challenged for accuracy. During last month's presidential debate, Car- son said it was "absolutely absurd" to say he had a for- mal relationship with the company Mannatech. But Carson is featured in the company's videos, includ- ing one from last year in which he credits Mannat- ech's glyconutritional sup- plements with helping peo- ple restore a healthy diet. On Wednesday, Carson wrote on his Facebook page that "every signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence had no elected office experience." But about half had experience as elected members of colo- nial assemblies, and Watts admitted the error to The Washington Post. Carson also came un- der scrutiny this week for standing by his assertion that Egypt's great pyra- mids were built by the bib- lical figure Joseph to store grain. "I happen to believe a lot of things that you might not believe because I believe in the Bible," Car- son said Thursday. The idea was dismissed by his church, and experts said it is accepted science the pyramids were tombs for pharaohs. PRESIDENTIAL RACE Carson backs off West Point scholarship claim GEORGE HORSFORD — DAILY SUN Presidential candidate Ben Carson shakes hands with local residents during his book signing event in Lake Sumter Landing, The Villages, Fla., on Monday. By Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press WASHINGTON U.S. hiring swelled in October by the largest amount all year, and unemployment dropped an- other notch to 5 percent, in- creasing the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month for the first time in a decade. 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