Massive search in France for prison-break gang that shot 2 officers dead

PARIS (AP) — A massive search was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and freeing the inmate they were escorting. The prime minister vowed the gang would be caught, saying, “They will...

'The Fly’ has become notorious in France after a brazen escape. What's his criminal history?

PARIS (AP) — A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France overnight after a daring and bloody escape from a prison convoy in Normandy that left two guards dead. Mohamed Amra, 30, has a long and violent criminal history that has now culminated in a high-profile...

Cannes kicks off with a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and a post-'Barbie' fête of Greta Gerwig

CANNES, France (AP) — Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition. ...

American sought after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message detained in France on 2021 warrant

LYON, France (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search. A prosecutor in Metz, France, confirmed Tuesday...

American sought after ‘So I raped you’ Facebook message detained in France on 2021 warrant

A French court clears director Polanski of defaming a British actor who accused him of rape

PARIS (AP) — A French court acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tuesday of defaming a British actor whom he accused of lying after she alleged that he sexually assaulted her as a teenager. The case stems from a 2019 interview with Paris Match magazine where Polanski accused...

An attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes

PARIS (AP) — Armed assailants killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in an attack on a convoy in Normandy on Tuesday and an inmate escaped, officials said. A search was underway. The convoy was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Évreux jail after a...

France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence

PARIS (AP) — Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest on the archipelago with decades of tensions between indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and colonizers' descendants who want to remain part...

Paris mayor decries vandalism of a memorial honoring people who rescued Jews in World War II

PARIS (AP) — A Paris memorial honoring people who distinguished themselves by helping to rescue Jews in France during the country's Nazi occupation in World War II was defaced Tuesday with painted blood-red hands, vandalism decried as “unspeakable" by the Paris mayor. The attack...

A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with 'Furiosa,' 'Megalopolis' and a #MeToo reckoning

The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year’s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory. When the red carpet is rolled out from the Palais des Festivals on Tuesday, the 77th Cannes will unfurl against a backdrop of war,...