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Austrian leader Kurz and partner expecting 1st child

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BERLIN — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he and his partner Susanne Thier are expecting their first child. ...

Tears, politics and money: School boards become battle zones

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RAPID CITY, S.D. — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such...

Preservation group plans Indy tours focused on wildlife

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Downtown Indianapolis can be a wild place sometimes. Lions roar along sidewalks. Turtles peek out at passersby. Bison and bears keep watch along Monument Circle. A...

Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96

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BERLIN — Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who devoted much of her life to the fight against antisemitism and racism,...

Paul Verhoeven blesses Cannes with lesbian nun drama

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CANNES, France — The veteran provocateur Paul Verhoeven premiered his lesbian nun drama “Benedetta” at the Cannes Film Festival with a solemn vow to...

Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment

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CINCINNATI — The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in...

Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn celebrate 75 years of marriage

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PLAINS, Ga. — Former President Jimmy Carter on Saturday turned to his wife Rosalynn and thanked her for 75 years of marriage, telling her...

Striking Volvo workers nix tentative deal at truck plant

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A tentative agreement between Volvo and a union representing nearly 3,000 workers who have gone on strike twice this year at a southwest Virginia...

With Harris and Hannah-Jones, Howard University is on a roll

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WASHINGTON — With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country's most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one...

‘We need help’: Haiti’s interim leader requests US troops

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the...