Smithsonian TV documentary, box set celebrate Lead Belly
By CHARLES J. GANS Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1949. But the folksinging legend, who is being celebrated…
Racial and ethnic discrimination
French arrests beg question: Is free speech for all?
By JILL LAWLESS When cartoonists at a French publication that had poked fun at the Prophet Muhammad were shot dead, millions around the world felt it as an attack on…
France tackles discrimination, inequalities after attacks
The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them away from extremist propaganda, after French-born…
5 Chechens arrested in France, including 1 with explosives
By LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET Five ethnic Chechens from Russia have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as…
5 Chechens arrested in France, including 1 with explosives
By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT Five Russians have been arrested in southern France, including one with a cache of explosives, a local mayor said Tuesday as four other men…
European police arrest 2 dozen in anti-terrorism sweeps
By RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terrorism raids Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by…
Belgium police kill 2 in anti-terror raid during shootout
By RAF CASERT and FRANK AUGSTEIN Belgian security forces killed two terror suspects with links to Syria in a fierce shootout in the eastern city of Verviers on Thursday and…
France sees 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage
By JAMEY KEATEN and SYLVIE CORBET Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said…