Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands and Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya win the New York City Marathon

NEW YORK (AP) — Abdi Nageeye and Sheila Chepkirui used strong kicks in the final mile to pull away from their nearest competitors and both win the New York City Marathon for the first time Sunday. Nageeye, who became the first runner from the Netherlands to win the men's race, was...

Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands wins the men's race at the New York City Marathon

Tourists toss coins over a makeshift pool as Rome’s Trevi Fountain undergoes maintenance

ROME (AP) — Tourists eager to return to the Eternal City are being forced to toss coins over a plastic barrier and into a small makeshift pool in front of Rome’s Trevi Fountain while the attraction is being drained for maintenance. The rectangular box, unadorned and showing its...

Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch junior minister for finance quit Friday following criticism of his refusal to publish details of his personal investments. He is the first member of the new hard right-dominated ruling coalition to resign since it was installed in July. ...

'Amateurish' thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol and left two more badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist, the...

Dutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered the agency responsible for housing asylum-seekers to pay a 50,000-euro ($54,000) penalty for every day that more than 2,000 migrants stay at an overcrowded center in the northern Netherlands that has become a symbol for the...

A prematurely born baby snatched from a French maternity is doing well

PARIS (AP) — A prematurely born baby boy found in an Amsterdam hotel room after being abducted by his parents from a French maternity ward is doing well, a Belgian prosecutor said Saturday. The baby's 23-year-old father and 25-year-old mother were arrested, prosecutor Vincent Macq...

Hard-right Dutch government approves unprecedented package of measures to control migration

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The hard-right Dutch government announced unprecedented measures Friday aimed at reining in migration, including a re-introduction of border checks, making the Netherlands the latest European nation to take a hardline stance against migration as anti-foreigner...

A Dutch government watchdog says the Netherlands is unlikely to hit a 2030 target for emissions cuts

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government's climate watchdog warned Thursday that the Netherlands is "very unlikely” to achieve a European Union-mandated reduction in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 unless it takes urgent action. Tougher legislation is...

No amends for Joost Klein: Dutch go back to Eurovision Song Contest but singer declines to rejoin

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands will join the next Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland but the flamboyant singer and rapper Joost Klein, booted from this year's competition after a backstage altercation, has declined to represent the Dutch. Dutch broadcaster...