Avalanche in French Alps kills at least 4 people

An avalanche in the French Alps killed four people Sunday, France's interior minister said, calling the death toll a provisional count. The avalanche rolled down the Armancette glacier in Contamines-Montjoie, in the Haute-Savoie region, some 30 kilometres (almost 20 miles) southwest of Chamonix. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin provided no details in his tweet about the deaths. The Alps are a prime vacation spot over France's long Easter weekend. The local France-Bleu radio station put the size