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A California couple is hoping to retroactively claim the state record for birth weight for their son – who weighed more than 16 pounds when he was born in August, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Sosefina Tagalu and Pavasio Otuhiva, of Daly City, Calif., knew their baby was large. But …

BERLIN – The United Nations’ human rights chief is urging European nations to accept more refugees and to do more to fight prejudice and discrimination against migrants once they arrive. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday that he was “shocked and shamed by …

Britain’s arrest Tuesday of WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange on sex crime allegations is a little like getting Al Capone on income tax evasion, but at least he’s now behind bars. He has been denied bail and will remain in Britain until at least December 14. While Assange fights …