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UK environmental activists appeal against prison sentences they say are unduly harsh
LONDON (AP) — Sixteen environmental activists who were jailed for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup went to a London court Wednesday to challenge their sentences. The Just Stop Oil protesters say they received...
UK government backs contentious third runway at London's Heathrow Airport
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is backing the construction of a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport, Treasury chief Rachel Reeves said Wednesday in a speech designed to signal to the business world that the new Labour government is serious about turning around the economy. ...
At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Auschwitz survivors warned Monday of the rising antisemitism and hatred they are witnessing in the modern world as they gathered with world leaders and European royalty on the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation. In all, 56 survivors gathered...
Today in History: February 4, O.J. Simpson found liable in civil trial
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2025. There are 330 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 4, 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald...
