UK prime minister signals the government will consider an apology for its role in the slave trade

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says his government will consider apologizing for the first time for its role in the ...

Pope Leo receiving teams and fans from US college basketball before their games in Rome

Pope Leo XIV is set to hold a private audience on Saturday with basketball teams from his alma mater, Villanova, and fellow ...

Civilians from war-ravaged Oleshky arrive in Belarus on their way to Ukrainian territory

Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus on Saturday as part of a major rescue operation carried ...

Venus Williams loses her doubles match at Guangzhou on the WTA Tour

Venus Williams has lost in her first WTA Tour semifinal in eight years. The 46-year-old Williams and her Indonesian playing ...

Congo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000 as worry of continent-wide spread mounts

Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped more than 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African ...

France heads into third weekend of protests as youth-led rallies sweep Europe

France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of protests over living costs and education, deploying 70,000 police ...

FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate’s home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens

The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ...

On board a Spanish high-speed train in the aftermath of the system’s latest catastrophe

For decades, Spaniards have been avid users of the country’s touted high-speed trains, choosing the Ave, Spanish for “bird,” ...

Other women contacted police about previous incidents with Packers’ Josh Jacobs after his arrest

As police investigated whether to file charges against Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs following a May altercation ...

Suns’ Dillon Brooks ejected from game for kicking Nuggets’ Jamal Murray in the groin

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was ejected Friday night against the Denver Nuggets for kicking Jamal Murray in the groin.

Meet the ‘socialist’ progressive Democrats likely on their way to Congress

There’s been a lot of talk this midterm election season about socialism, but only a handful of candidates running for ...

Houdini’s centennial spotlight: A newly published essay and a fresh fight over when and how he died

A century after his death, Harry Houdini remains a man we’re still trying to learn more about. A rare essay by the iconic escape artist about magicians of the past has just ...