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BAKU, Azerbaijan – A court in Azerbaijan says the trial of an investigative journalist will begin next month in a case widely criticized by human rights organizations. Khadija Ismayilova, who has been jailed since December, has reported on corruption allegedly involving the family of President Ilham Aliyev. The arrest was …

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Police say an 18-month-old boy found dead in a hot vehicle in Arkansas last week was the son of a juvenile court judge. The Hot Springs Police Department said Monday it was conducting a criminal investigation. It says the boy’s death was likely due to “excessive …

PARIS – An official in the northern French port of Calais says that 2,100 migrants tried to storm the area surrounding the Eurotunnel early Tuesday before being repelled by police. The official, who spoke on condition she not be named because she wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, said police arrested …