U.S. government reunites 522 children removed under 'zero tolerance'
The U.S. Homeland Security Department said late Saturday the government has reunited 522 children separated from adults as part of a "zero tolerance" initiative and plans to reunite another 16 children over the next 24 hours. The department said in a statement U.S. Customs and Border Protection expects a small number ...
Minnesota state authorities are investigating after Minneapolis police shot and killed a black man they say was firing a handgun as he walked outside. People gathered for a Sunday afternoon protest at a police station and a vigil near the north Minneapolis shooting scene was ...
Fighting nears center of Yemen's main port of Hodeida as Houthi missiles are intercepted over Riyadh
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement launched missiles on the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday, and reinforced Yemen's main port city of Hodeida as an Arab coalition moved closer to the city center in the largest offensive of the war. Saudi Arabia's air defense forces intercepted two ...
Northern California wildfires destroy buildings, force thousands to evacuate
Wind-driven wildfires destroyed buildings and threatened hundreds of others Sunday as they raced across dry brush in rural Northern California. The Pawnee Fire that broke out Saturday near the community of Clearlake Oaks has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened an additional 600 as it burned ...
Jews and Muslims team up on Berlin bike rides against hatred amid rising anti-Semitism
Some 25 Jews and Muslims rode tandem bicycles through the German capital on Sunday in a protest over growing anti-Semitism and attacks on Muslims in the country. Some were rabbis and imams, others included women in headscarves and Jewish community members donning skullcaps from Berlin ...
Prince William on historic Mideast trip, praises U.K.-Jordan ties
Prince William on Sunday praised "historic ties and friendship" between Britain and Jordan, as he kicked off a historic, politically delicate five-day tour of the desert kingdom, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Though billed as nonpolitical, it's a high-profile foreign visit for William, 36, second ...
France, Germany seek new EU migrant solutions as rescue ships are left adrift with hundreds aboard
Germany and France pushed Sunday for new solutions to the migration crisis as bickering among European Union leaders left boats carrying hundreds of African migrants adrift at sea. Sixteen of the EU's 28 leaders held emergency talks in Brussels to find a way forward despite ...
'Gunshots and horror': Two officers wounded in San Diego shootout at condo with history
A man opened fire on police and firefighters at a San Diego condominium, wounding two officers and sending bullets into nearby units before he was found dead, authorities said Sunday. Police Chief David Nisleit said the two male officers were expected to recover, with one ...
Maybe it's not so easy after all. President Donald Trump's struggles to push immigration legislation through Congress and his about-face on breaking up immigrant families are putting a spotlight on his competence in carrying out his policies. The fallout from Trump's handling of the separation ...
Italy snubs aid ship help despite distress calls, hands rescue of 1,000 migrants off to Libya
The Italian government stepped up its efforts to discourage migration Sunday by telling a Spanish aid group it didn't need help rescuing 1,000 migrants from six dinghies because it had passed responsibility for the Mediterranean Sea mission to Libya's coast guard. The hard-line interior minister ...
Undocumented immigrants who 'invade' U.S. don't need due process, should get the boot: Trump
President Donald Trump ratcheted up his demands on immigration policy, saying that people who "invade" the U.S. illegally should be deported immediately court hearings trial or other normal judicial processes. "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country," Trump said Sunday on ...
Police launch probe after German building blast leaves 25 injured
Twenty-five people were injured, four of them severely, during an explosion that destroyed an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal, police said Sunday. Police said the explosion produced a large bang and rocked the multistory building shortly before midnight Saturday, frightening people ...
Democrat winner of packed Hawaii House race likely to win in November
Coming off a high-profile challenge of President Donald Trump's travel ban, it seemed that Hawaii Lt. Gov. Doug Chin would parlay that name recognition into a U.S. House seat. U.S. Sen. Colleen Hanabusa is not running for re-election, and Chin — the state's former attorney ...
