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House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON - Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced ...
Feb 28, 2020
Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
DENVER - Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday approved a repeal bill that Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to sign into law. P...
Feb 28, 2020
Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise
ROME - Italy sought to rally international support for its virus containment efforts Wednesday even as its caseload reached 447, people linked to Italy fell ill across Europe and as far away as Brazil...
Feb 28, 2020
World battles virus epidemic as cases multiply outside China
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Crews scrubbed everything from money to buses, military bases were on high alert and quarantines were enforced Wednesday from a beachfront resort in the Atlantic to a remot...
Feb 28, 2020
Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn't inevitable even as top health authorities at his side warned American...
Feb 28, 2020
Ben Affleck on the pain and catharsis of 'The Way Back'
NEW YORK - Of the many stories that have stuck with Ben Affleck from his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, one has especially resonated for the actor. Recovery is often described as a process of removing...
Feb 28, 2020
Publisher, 2 politicians charged over Hong Kong protests
HONG KONG - Outspoken Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians were charged Friday with illegal assembly over a pro-democracy march last year as the territory's Beijing-b...
Feb 28, 2020
Nigeria confirms 1st case of new virus in sub-Saharan Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigerian authorities on Friday confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa as the outbreak spread to a region with some of the world's weakest health systems...
Feb 28, 2020
Historic Paris train station evacuated due to nearby fire
PARIS - Police evacuated a historic Paris train station Friday after a fire engulfed multiple vehicles and sent a large cloud of black smoke over the neighbourhood. Police said the fire was under cont...
Feb 28, 2020
Anti-Polanski protesters greet French film awards ceremony
PARIS - Women's rights activists protested Friday outside a Paris concert hall where France's film academy is presenting its version of the Oscars and director Roman Polanski's latest film is up for t...
Feb 28, 2020