Election Projections in Italy Point to Hung Parliament
ROME — Election projections in Italy early Monday showed a center-right coalition that includes an anti-migrant party edging past the populist 5-Star Movement, but no single bloc or party with the support to win a majority in Parliament.
Cardinal Pell Facing Australian Court on Sex Abuse Charges
MELBOURNE, Australia — Wearing his clerical collar, the most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis appeared in an Australian court Monday for a hearing to determine whether prosecutors have sufficient evidence to put him on trial.
Roger Bannister, 1st to Run 1 Mile Under 4 Minutes, 88
LONDON — Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England's spirits when he became the first athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes, has died at 88.
How Video Review in Soccer Could Operate at the World Cup
ZURICH — Video review is going to help referees at the World Cup, bringing soccer's biggest event into line with U.S. pro sports.
Police: Parents Gunned Down by Their Son on College Campus
MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan — More than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University on Friday for a 19-year-old student suspected of killing his parents at a dormitory and then running from campus.
China Expresses Concern on Latest US Tariff Hikes
BEIJING — China on Friday expressed "grave concern" about a U.S. trade policy report that pledges to pressure Beijing but had no immediate response to...
Harvey Weinstein ‘Casting Couch’ Statue Debuts Pre-Oscars
LOS ANGELES — A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein, seated regally atop a couch with an Oscar in hand, took up temporary sidewalk residence close to the site of Sunday's Academy Awards.
Vietnamese Immigrants Sue US Officials Over Detentions
SANTA ANA, California — Vietnamese immigrants have filed a lawsuit alleging U.S. authorities are rounding them up and holding them in detention facilities for deportation – even though the Vietnamese government has not agreed to take them back.
UN Experts: North Korea Sent Banned Chemical Items to Syria
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts say North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of U.N. sanctions, and it transferred banned ballistic missiles systems to Myanmar.
Companies Face Mounting Pressure to Pick Sides in Gun Debate
NEW YORK — As the gun debate heats up following the massacre at a Florida high school, companies are under growing pressure to pick a side: whether to stand by the National Rifle Association or walk away.
