By SYLVIE CORBET and JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French actor Gérard Depardieu acknowledged Tuesday that he used crude and heated language around a woman who accuses him of sexual assault and grabbed her hips but denied assaulting … Continued
By JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press SUSIYA, West Bank (AP) — The lawyer for an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was attacked by Jewish settlers and detained by Israeli forces says he will be released. Lea Tsemel, the attorney for Hamdan Ballal, … Continued
By ERIC TUCKER and DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s top intelligence officials face Congress for back-to-back hearings this week, their first opportunity since being sworn in to testify about the threats facing the United States … Continued
By MATTHEW LEE and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel will face a confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill as U.S. and Arab mediators struggle to get a ceasefire deal … Continued
By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. … Continued
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Lisa Sólrun Christiansen gets up at 4 a.m. most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating … Continued