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Europe's youth walk out of classrooms to demand action on climate change

"We feel that actually 2025, 2040, is not a million miles away," said 15-year-old George Bond, a U.K. student who took part in the Fridays For Future school strike.

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Cardinal Theodore McCarrick dismissed by Vatican in sex abuse scandal

Pope Francis had ordered an investigation into claims that McCarrick, the former head of the Archdiocese of Washington, slept with seminarians and young priests.

USA

Kaepernick deal could end NFL's kneeling controversy

A sports agent says the NFL could have paid dearly to "not continue with this issue."

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to court for first time since cancer surgery

Ginsburg is meeting with the justices for a regular closed-door conference.

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Man in Paris metro burned after serious 'liquid' attack

The unidentified victim was attacked in the metro's line one, near the station of Bastille, during rush hour Friday morning.

USA

Husband charged with involuntary manslaughter in wife's hot tub death

Eric Huska "partially closed the lid of the hot tub" while his wife was still in it, police said.

USA

It would be 'suicidal' to go to war with Iran, foreign minister warns

The "same gang" behind the 2003 Iraq War were "at it again" in pushing for war with his country, Iran's Foreign Minister tells NBC News.

USA

'It seems like an execution': Officers open fire on man asleep in car

Police said they saw a handgun in the man's lap and that after he woke up he did not respond to repeated commands to put his hands up.

USA

New York politicians at odds over Amazon scrapping headquarters plan

Amazon blamed their decision on opposition from local lawmakers.

USA

Trump 'in very good health' but slight weight gain puts him in obese category

The president, who is 6 feet, 3 inches tall, now weighs 243, four pounds more than last year, the White House physician said Thursday.

USA

Man who killed attacking lion with bare hands said it was 'pure adrenaline'

"There was a certain point where I just kind of imagined being stuck on this hillside and just having a cat gnaw at me," the runner said.

USA

Trump to sign border security bill and declare national emergency

The White House said President Donald Trump will declare a national emergency to fund his planned border wall with Mexico.

USA

Pence accuses Iran of pursuing new 'Holocaust,' lashes out at allies

"The Iranian regime openly advocates another Holocaust and seeks the means to achieve it," the vice president said at a Middle East conference in Poland.

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U.S. ally Turkey cozies up to Russia and Iran

Analysis: The U.S. organized a global conference on the Mideast in Warsaw, but Turkey's leader is at a summit with Russian and Iranian leaders instead.

World News

Third suspect in Skripal poisoning identified: Bellingcat

The Bellingcat investigative website has identified high-ranking Russian intelligence officer Denis Sergeev as the third suspect in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

USA

He took a DNA test in search of his birth father — and found a daughter instead

From shock to nerves to excitement: How an adopted man's journey with DNA testing led him to a biological child he didn't even know existed.

USA

'No regrets,' but with child in arms, this ISIS bride wants to come home

"I'm not the same silly little 15-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from Bethnal Green four years ago," she told The Times "And I don't regret coming here."

USA

High-ranking Syrian suspected of crimes against humanity arrested in Germany

The Commission for International Justice and Accountability — a team funded by the U.S. and European governments — has been building cases for years.

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El Chapo's conviction has 'done nothing' against Sinaloa cartel, experts say

"The conviction though has done nothing to impact the Sinaloa cartel because it remains the most powerful cartel in Mexico," one expert said.

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Journalist and Duterte critic posts bail after arrest causes outcry

"What we're seeing is death by a thousand cuts of our democracy," Maria Ressa said.