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The Latest: 16 migrants found on ferry to Ireland

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Latest on migrants in Europe (all times local):
14:05 21 November 2021

French courts face touchy test: Is helping migrants a crime?

LYON, France — A French court is to rule Thursday on whether to convict a mountain guide of helping migrants enter the country illegally — the latest ...
13:21 21 November 2021

DC priest says he was ‘too busy’ to abuse parishioners

WASHINGTON — A D.C. priest convicted of sexually abusing two child parishioners is asking for mercy at his sentencing and maintaining his innocence, s...
13:10 21 November 2021

Sculptor crafting first women’s statue for Central Park

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — A sculptor known for trying to redress history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women for New York’s Cent...
12:52 21 November 2021

Where parents feel like chauffeurs, companies step in

NEW YORK — When Deb Fink heard about a company that could drive her 9-year-old son to his after-school program, she balked at the idea of putting him ...
12:50 21 November 2021

More protesters leave Hong Kong campus ahead of weekend poll

HONG KONG — More than 20 protesters inside a Hong Kong university campus surrendered to police on Thursday as the city’s largest pro-Beijing political...
12:48 21 November 2021

The search is on for a red panda that escaped a French zoo

PARIS — A search is on for a red panda that broke out of a zoo in the Rhone region of southeastern France.
12:42 21 November 2021

Chinese state media deny torture of ex-UK consulate staff

BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party’s newspaper published surveillance videos Thursday which it said prove the guilt and voluntary confession of ...
12:22 21 November 2021

Legal hemp, CBD stir more farmers to grow unfamiliar crop

CLAYTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Dave Crabill and two business partners started small for their first foray into farming hemp, growing two strains of the now...
11:31 21 November 2021

‘On whose authority?’: What to watch in impeachment hearings

WASHINGTON — They owned the White House’s policy on Ukraine.
10:42 21 November 2021

Tokyo Olympics: Japanese, English _ but where’s the French?

TOKYO — The French language has been almost invisible during the drawn-out preparations for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.
10:38 21 November 2021

British Airways says flights disrupted by ‘technical issue’

LONDON — British Airways says flights are being disrupted by a “technical issue.”
9:51 21 November 2021

China demands Trump veto bills on Hong Kong

BEIJING — China is demanding President Donald Trump veto legislation aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong and has renewed a threat to take “s...
8:35 21 November 2021

Survey: About 1 in 4 Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs

BERLIN — About one in four Europeans hold anti-Semitic beliefs, with such attitudes on the rise in eastern countries and mostly steady in the west, ac...
7:33 21 November 2021

USA Hockey snub leads Alex Carpenter on Chinese adventure

Once Bobby Carpenter's flight from Beijing touched down in Boston, he raced to the Lawrence Larsen Rink in nearby Winthrop, Massachusetts, to catch hi...
6:47 21 November 2021

Activists: Iran conservationists get prison time amid unrest

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Six conservationists working to save the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah have been sentenced to prison on internat...
6:30 21 November 2021

Clippers edge Celtics 107-104 in OT with Leonard and George

LOS ANGELES — Lou Williams scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George combined for 42 points in their first game together for the Clippers, and L...
6:07 21 November 2021

Southern Africa’s deadly drought leaving millions hungry

VOSBURG, South Africa — Residents call this drought-stricken community a “forgotten town.”
6:05 21 November 2021

Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes

PITTSBURGH — His TV neighborhood, was, of course, a realm of make believe — a child’s-eye view of community summoned into being by an oddly understand...
6:02 21 November 2021

NBC’s issues aren’t addressed despite candidates’ letter

NEW YORK — A day after four Democratic presidential candidates called on NBC News to support an independent investigation into its handling of sexual ...
5:07 21 November 2021

Doncic has 33 first-half points, Mavs hammer Warriors 142-94

DALLAS — The front of their jerseys said “San Francisco” and the names on the back weren’t the same Golden State Warriors that reached the past five N...
4:19 21 November 2021

US eliminated from Davis Cup Finals despite win over Italy

MADRID — Not even some late heroics — some very, very late ones — were enough to keep the United States from being eliminated from the Davis Cup Final...
3:42 21 November 2021

Gore kicking off 24 hours of climate talks around the world

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Vice President Al Gore kicked off a series of climate presentations on Wednesday evening that will continue around the globe...
3:23 21 November 2021

Suu Kyi to lead Myanmar team contesting genocide court case

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar said Wednesday its leader Aung San Suu Kyi will head the legal team contesting a genocide case filed against it in the Inter...
2:10 21 November 2021

Review: ‘Dark Waters’ plunges into ‘forever chemicals’

Todd Haynes’ “Dark Waters,” about the prolonged (and ongoing) legal fight to uncover the environmental damage of cancer-inducing “forever chemicals” a...
1:27 21 November 2021

Arizona border activist acquitted of harboring immigrants

TUCSON, Ariz. — An activist was quickly acquitted Wednesday on charges he illegally harbored two Central American immigrants at a southern Arizona cam...
1:00 21 November 2021

Lawsuit: US border officers questioned journalists at length

SAN DIEGO — Five American journalists sued the U.S. government Wednesday, alleging border authorities violated their First Amendment rights by inspect...
0:57 21 November 2021

Official: Ukraine asked about aid on day of Trump call

WASHINGTON — A Defense Department official is testifying that the Ukrainian embassy was asking questions about U.S. military assistance as far back as...
0:30 21 November 2021

Blackouts hit Northern California again during fire danger

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric turned off electricity Wednesday for about 120,000 people in Northern California to prevent power lines fro...
0:28 21 November 2021

Amnesty International calls Facebook, Google rights abusers

Amnesty International has issued a scathing indictment of Google and Facebook.
0:15 21 November 2021