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No motive, arrests in fatal shooting of rapper XXXTentacion

Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 08:19 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was shot and killed Monday in Florida in what police called an apparent robbery attempt. Investigators don't have a motive, and no arrests have been made. The...

Italy's interior minister turns gaze to 'Roma question'

Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 07:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italy's hard-line interior minister, who recently sparked a multinational showdown by refusing entry to a Mediterranean Sea rescue boat packed with 630 migrants, is now taking aim at Italy's minority...

Migration fight shakes German government as Merkel, ally face off

Monday, 18 June 2018, 07:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Germany's interior minister insisted that his party has no intention of bringing down Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government, amid uncertainty Sunday over chances of a solution to a bitter...

Sea convoy reaches Spain as migration debate roils Europe

Monday, 18 June 2018, 07:34 Last update: about 9 years ago

An aid group's ship and two Italian military vessels docked Sunday at the Spanish port of Valencia, ending a weeklong ordeal for hundreds of people who were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea only to...

Gunfire erupts at New Jersey arts festival; 22 wounded

Sunday, 17 June 2018, 19:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Two gunmen opened fire at an all-night arts and music festival early Sunday morning, sending people running over each other in the scramble to safety, authorities said. One suspect was killed and 22...

Watch: Taxi hits pedestrians near Moscow's Red Square, injuring 8

Sunday, 17 June 2018, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Eight people, including two from Mexico, were injured Saturday when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Red Square in Moscow. Russian police said the driver in the crash has been...

17 killed in stampede after brawl at crowded Caracas club

Sunday, 17 June 2018, 07:30 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Seventeen people were killed at a crowded nightclub in Venezuela's capital Saturday after a tear gas device exploded during a brawl and triggered a desperate stampede among hundreds gathered for a...

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