Today’s Lead News Stories

A Missouri woman who has fostered over 200 children is under investigation for child abuse following reports that she traded a teen girl for a monkey.

People from 28 states marched on Capitol Hill to demand that lawmakers protect program from Republican cuts

French authorities on Tuesday detained a 76-year-old man over a death threat against the judge who presided over the panel that sentenced far-right leader Marine Le Pen to an election ban, prosecutors said.

Rescuers raced to find survivors Tuesday among the rubble of a Dominican Republic night club where at least 27 people died and more than 150 were hurt in an early-morning roof collapse.

US supreme court justice dubbed ‘disgusting fraud’ for siding with liberal justices in Venezuela deportations case

‘Time to stop messing around. Life is great. Especially at ESPN/Disney. Hate the thought of being a politician. But sick of this mess,’ Stephen A. Smith tweeted this week

Five people were rescued from the water and transported to a nearby hospital

Newton-Wellesley hospital says it ruled out environmental risk as staff members diagnosed with benign growths

The European Union faces a formidable challenge in bolstering its defence capabilities without dependence on the United States, following President Donald Trump's persistent calls for Europe to shoulder a greater share of the burden. Meanwhile, transatlantic trade relations are deteriorating, as Trump imposes punitive tariffs that could potentially impact arms…