Ex-NYPD cop admits to obstruction in murder-for-hire plot
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A former New York City police officer pleaded guilty Friday to an obstruction of justice charge in a murder-for-hire plot...
California woman says she drowned children to protect them
<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California woman says in a jailhouse interview that she drowned her three young children to protect them from abuse by...
2 passengers sue United Airlines over engine explosion
<p>DENVER — Two passengers who were aboard a United Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines blew...
7 Hong Kong democracy leaders to be sentenced amid crackdown
HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy advocates, including 82-year-old veteran activist Martin Lee and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, are expected...
Climbing bolts found on 1,000-year-old petroglyphs in Utah
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Federal public lands officials are investigating after climbing bolts damaged an ancient petroglyph site near Moab, Utah.
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Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled
<p>TOKYO — The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday was again forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in...
UN: 40 civilian casualties in central Yemen in March alone
<p>CAIRO — The ongoing battle between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib has caused 40 civilian casualties in...
California woman says she drowned children to protect them
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A California woman says in a jailhouse interview that she drowned her three young children to protect them from abuse by...
2 passengers sue United Airlines over engine explosion
DENVER — Two passengers who were aboard a United Airlines flight that had to make an emergency landing after one of its engines blew...
Pakistan blocks social media access amid anti-France rallies
<p>LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed...