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On March 26, 1975, Clela Rorex issued a marriage license to same-sex couple David McCord and David Zamora. It was the first-ever marriage licensed issued to a gay couple in Colorado and one of the first in the U.S., which helped galvanize the LGBTQ+ rights movement nationwide. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.

Loewe thrust Paris Fashion Week into a bleak and dystopian vision of the future.

Patrick Mevel says he has lifted more than 20,000 tonnes of onions over the past 43 years.

Several suspects around France have been detained or given preliminary charges of pricking people with a needle in nightclubs or at concerts

Several suspects around France have been detained or given preliminary charges of pricking people with a needle in nightclubs or at concerts.

Flowers, art, and Dior’s world-famous ateliers collided on Friday at Paris Fashion Week for a sweet-smelling explosion of creativity.

A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia and even the Arctic.

The European Medicines Agency says it is recommending the authorization of the coronavirus vaccine made by French pharmaceutical Valneva, making it the sixth shot to be given the green light in Europe.

History shows recessions have led to spikes in media layoffs, but executives say this time may be different.

A federal advisory panel says Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines.

For the first major collection of Paris Fashion Week’s menswear season, Givenchy’s models walked on water.

PARIS (AP) — France’s top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, arguing that it violates the principle of government neutrality toward religion. While worn by only a small number of people in France, the head-to-ankle burkini draws intense political debate in the country. Interior Minister Gerald…

A senior government official hailed the ruling as a victory "against separatism, for secularism."

A funeral ceremony was held Tuesday for an English soldier who was killed in France in World War I, but whose remains were only identified a century later

France’s top administrative court ruled Tuesday against allowing body-covering “burkini” swimwear in public pools for religious reasons, arguing that it violates the principle of government neutrality toward religion. The city of Grenoble, led by a mayor from the Greens party, voted to allow women to wear burkinis in public pools after campaigning by local activists. The prefect, or top government official, for the Grenoble region blocked the burkini decision, arguing it ran counter to France’s secular principles.

Fears of Russia plus lingering doubts about the US have dredged up old ideas about a European nuclear bomb.

AlphaTauri says Pierre Gasly is “100% confirmed” to return to the team next season, and reigning F2 champion Oscar Piastri is being heavily scouted for a promotion into a Formula One seat in 2023.

People are flocking to parks and pools across Western Europe for a bit of respite from an early heat wave that saw the mercury rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in France and Spain.

Two piano professors performed in Corpus Christi's sister city of Agen, France, in May. A French pianist will perform in Corpus Christi in October.

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.

French film actor and amateur race car driver Jean-Louis Trintignant has died at age 91.

A former hotel housekeeper has become a symbol of the recent revival of France’s left-wing.

Many European cities were not built for extreme heat.

Russia has reduced natural gas to Europe again as countries have worked to ease their dependence on Russian supplies amid the war in Ukraine.

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Appearing before the Jan. 6 House select committee on Thursday, retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig testified that if then-Vice President Mike Pence had complied with requests to overturn the 2020 electoral college results on Jan. 6, 2021, it "would have plunged America into what I believe would have been tantamount to a revolution within a constitutional crisis."

Mazurenko Alyona - Thursday, 16 June 2022, 19:09 Ukrainian intelligence officers got detailed technical documentation on the construction of the "Crimean Bridge." Source: Military Intelligence of Ukraine Quote: "We have got the detailed technical documentation on the 'Crimean Bridge.

The meeting comes ahead of a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid that will seek to set a determined course for the alliance in coming years.

The meeting comes ahead of a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid that will seek to set a determined course for the alliance in coming years.

NATO defense ministers are discussing ways to bolster forces and deterrence along the military alliance’s eastern borders to dissuade Russia from planning further aggression

Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have been included on the U.S. national soccer team roster for the upcoming CONCACAF W Championship, which will determine four of the region’s teams in the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

More than 6,000 candidates, ranging in age from 18 to 92, ran Sunday for 577 seats in France's National Assembly in the first round of the election.

More than 6,000 candidates, ranging in age from 18 to 92, ran Sunday for 577 seats in France's National Assembly in the first round of the election.

French voters are choosing lawmakers in a parliamentary election Sunday as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to secure his majority while under growing threat from a leftist coalition.

The Court of Appeal hearing is the next step after a High Court judge ruled the first flight could go ahead.

Emmanuel Macron saw off the far right’s Marine Le Pen in April’s presidential election, but now the French president is facing a threat from the other end of the political spectrum in the fight for parliamentary power.

Leftist parties that had nearly disappeared from the French political landscape have grown wings in the runup to Sunday’s legislative elections and now threaten to weaken President Emmanuel Macron and his hopes of slam-dunking his agenda through parliament.

It takes the EU a step closer to its goal of cutting emissions from new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles by 100% in 2035.

"The Sad Young Girl" mural appeared on a door of the Bataclan concert hall two years after the deadly terror attack.

European Union lawmakers have approved a proposed ban on selling new cars with combustion engines in 2035 to step up the fight against global warming.

The Wagner Group, known as "Putin's shadow army," has come to the world's attention because of the Ukraine war. Marat Gabidullin, who left Wagner after fighting in Syria, has written a book about it.

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the United States and allied countries will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that the United States and allied countries will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers. In an interview with The Associated Press in Normandy, Milley said Russia’s war on Ukraine undermines the rules established by Allied countries after the end of World War II. “I think that the United States and the allied countries are providing a significant amount of support to Ukraine, and that will continue,” Milley said.

American teenager Coco Gauff has moved up to a career-best No. 13 in the WTA rankings after her runner-up finish to No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the French Open.

The growth of services that prize connection over obsession marks a healthy shift in social media.

Sudden thunderstorms and hailstorms around France left one woman dead and 14 people injured

Race officials say an Iditarod sled dog has been found after disappearing from a race checkpoint three months ago and covering nearly 150 miles.

A permanent virtual exhibit of one of France's most famous prehistoric sites, the undersea Cosquer Cave, is set to open its doors as concerns grow that it could be completely inundated as a result of rising tides driven by climate change.

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Billie Jean King was back on Court Philippe Chatrier for a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of her victory at Roland Garros.

Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles​ at nightclubs or concerts in recent months. Similar accounts have emerged elsewhere.

Targeted individuals in France, the U.K., Belgium and the Netherlands and who are mostly women, show visible marks of injection, often bruises, and report symptoms like feeling groggy.

Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts in recent months

Across France, more than 300 people have reported being pricked out of the blue with needles at nightclubs or concerts in recent months.

Climate change is endangering the nation's first permanent settlement — Jamestown, Virginia.

Climate change is endangering the nation's first permanent settlement — Jamestown, Virginia.

Rescuers searching a mountainside in Nepal recovered the bodies of 21 of the 22 people who were on a plane that crashed Sunday.

The killer whale stranded for weeks in France's River Seine between Rouen and Le Havre has been found dead and will be towed away for autopsy. The Sea Shepherd association says it located the animal on the surface thanks to information given by a sailor. Prior attempts to guide it back to sea failed and revealed it was severely sick, local authorities. Killer whales, which, despite their name belong to the dolphin family, are occasionally spotted in the English Channel but such sightings are considered rare, and even rarer in a river.

The EU will meet Monday to discuss how to handle the ongoing conflict as Russia intensifies its efforts to capture Severodonetsk, the largest eastern city that remains in Ukrainian hands.

A Russian woman living in Burgundy wanted to help pet dogs of Ukraine and their human companions get to safety. She turned to a Facebook group for lovers of a famous dog breed to find them.

Experts are predicting this summer to be the busiest travel season in years as more pandemic-related travel restrictions ease.

Teenager Holger Rune has given a Denmark a man in the fourth round at Roland Garros for the first time in 63 years.

Rookie Julio Rodríguez hit the first of Seattle’s four home runs off Houston ace Justin Verlander, and the Mariners thumped the Astros 6-1.

Ruben Ostlund’s social satire “Triangle of Sadness” has won the Palme d’Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, handing Ostlund one of cinema’s most prestigious prizes for the second time.

“Shoplifters” director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to the Cannes Film Festival with “Broker,” another tale of misfits from society’s margins.

Robert De Niro was the honored guest at the 28th annual amfAR Gala Cannes, where one lucky guest won an auction to have lunch with the actor and a piece of his family history.

The surprising results in the women's draw at the French Open keep piling up and now only three of the top 10 women's seeds are still in the field before the third round has even started.

A weekly box of wine picks you should be sipping.

A court in Spain has dismissed Colombian singer Shakira’s appeal in a tax fraud case.

Last year’s French Open champion in singles and doubles says she has tested positive for COVID-19 and will withdraw from the tournament.

Germany’s health minister says the government plans to suspend a pandemic rule requiring people to show proof of vaccination, a negative test result or recent recovery from COVID-19 to enter the country over the summer.

Hugo Gaston has pulled off a five-set victory over 19th-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia.

Barbora Krejcikova has become only the third defending women’s champion to lose in the first round of the French Open.

Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to nine offences, including seven rapes, at Chester Crown Court.

Climate change is jolting the wine industry. Lesley Stahl reports on how the economics, practices and in some cases even the flavors of wine are being altered by our shifting climate.

The crowds at the French Open are back to their no-mask, no-distancing, full-capacity, pre-pandemic levels after two years of COVID-19 restrictions.

French feminist collective SCUM has said she is one of their activists and was there to denounce sexual violence by Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

A woman who stripped off her clothes to reveal a message written on her body has crashed the Cannes Film Festival red carpet premiere of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing.”

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new Cabinet.

They join a growing list of countries where cases of the rare viral illness have popped up outside of the disease’s typical territory in recent days.

Seven countries including the U.S., France, Italy, Israel and Greece have taken part in an series of drills in and around Cyprus designed to ease civilian evacuations from conflict zones and to conduct offshore rescue operations, amid a renewed sense of urgency due to the war in Ukraine

The virus causes flu-like symptoms and has been identified in the U.S., France, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Canada and the U.K.

As more cases of monkeypox are detected in Europe and North America, scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks in Africa say they are baffled by the unusual disease’s spread in the West

Gusts of wind of up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) have hit areas in western and northwestern Germany and the national weather service there is warning that heavy storms could bring the possibility of tornadoes.

The U.S. Soccer Federation has reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally.

Iran’s state TV says two French citizens have been arrested in Iran after meeting with protesting teachers and taking part in an anti-government rally

After two years of the pandemic, the 75th Cannes Film Festival is getting going with a familiar dose of controversy and some new snafus as it readies for its largest gathering on the French Riviera since the 2019 edition.

The European Union has slashed its forecasts for economic growth in the 27-nation bloc amid the prospect of a drawn-out Russian war in Ukraine and disruptions to energy supplies.

UK-EU relations will never be easy. But they should be better than this.

An award-wining Iranian filmmaker says authorities have raided the offices and homes of several filmmakers and other industry professionals and arrested some of them.

Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died.

The stakes are high, the fight nasty and the party of centrist President Emmanuel Macron is the one to beat.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice and led defending champion Canada to a 5-3 victory over Germany in their opening game at the world ice hockey championship in Helsinki.

The long-rumored memoir by Bono, U2′s frontman, is coming out this fall.

Two twelve-year-old BMX racers know a thing or two about speed and are proving just how talented they are on the track as they head to the World Championships in France.

Long-divided left-wing parties in France will march into forthcoming legislative elections largely together, after the Socialist Party voted to join a nascent coalition behind hard-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Harry Styles is slated to kick off the 2022 Citi Concert Series on "TODAY," NBC News announced Thursday.

British officials say hundreds of people have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the last 24 hours, after more than a week in which no crossings were reported.

No sooner had Emmanuel Macron defeated a far-right rival in last month's presidential vote than left-wing parties began mounting a challenge for legislative supremacy in June elections.