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...
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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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...
Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled
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
CAIRO — The ongoing battle between Yemen's Houthi rebels and government forces in the central province of Marib has caused 40 civilian casualties in...
Pakistan blocks social media access amid anti-France rallies
LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan blocked access to all social media on Friday, after days of anti-French protests across the country by radical Islamists opposed...
UN agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya
UNITED NATIONS — International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced...
Turkey to ban cryptocurrencies for buying goods, services
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s central bank is banning the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin in payments for goods and services, according to a...
