France's Macron leads tributes to World War II Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot

PARIS (AP) — France's President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to former French Resistance activist and author Geneviève Callerot, who has died aged 108. Callerot, who was among the last survivors of the groups that combatted the country’s World War II occupation by Nazi...

Bail denied for American captured in France and accused of assaulting Pennsylvania student

EAST BERLIN, Pa. (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” was ordered held without bail Friday during a court hearing in Pennsylvania. The appearance by Ian Cleary, 31, of...

French church calls for judicial investigation into Abbé Pierre following new sex abuse allegations

PARIS (AP) — The French Catholic Church has formally requested that prosecutors initiate an investigation into Abbé Pierre, a once-revered priest and humanitarian icon who died in 2007, following new revelations of sexual violence. Archbishop Éric de Moulins-Beaufort, president...

American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is extradited from France to the US

PHILADELPHIA (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” was extradited Thursday from France to the United States. Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, arrived...

Fugitive accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is in US after being extradited from France, federal officials say

Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

PARIS (AP) — Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony Thursday in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96. The “mass for the repose of the soul” at Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce church took...

France’s new prime minister says he'll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age

PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister François Bayrou announced Tuesday the renegotiation of a contested plan raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a crucial move to seek more stability for his minority government. In his first address to lawmakers at the National...

Trams collide in the French city of Strasbourg, injuring dozens, though none critically

PARIS (AP) — Two trams collided in Strasbourg in eastern France on Saturday, causing dozens of injuries, though none critical, authorities said. The accident took place during the afternoon in a tunnel leading to the station near the city's central train station. An additional 100...

As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here's a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France

PARIS (AP) — Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s main far-right party and a polarizing figure in French politics, is being buried Saturday in a private family ceremony in his hometown of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany. Le Pen, whose death Tuesday at the age of 96...

Roger Lebranchu, a WWII veteran and France's oldest male Olympian, dies aged 102

PARIS (AP) — Roger Lebranchu, a World War II veteran who survived Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest French male Olympian, has died. He was 102. The French Rowing Federation announced Lebranchu’s death on Friday. A member of the French rowing team at the...