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Spain finds 11 dead migrants in boat, rescues 33

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service on Thursday found 11 dead migrants in a boat off the country’s southern coast and rescued 33 other passengers, one of whom later also died.

US says asylum-seeking migrants to wait in Mexico

Immigrants seeking asylum along the southwest border will no longer be released into the U.S. while their cases play out, the Trump administration said on Thursday, forcing them instead to wait in Mexico in one of the most significant moves on immigration since the president took office.

House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump

The House passed an extensive criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs.

UN: Women migrants in Libya often face gang rape, abuse

The “overwhelming majority” of women and older girls who passed through Libya as migrants reported being gang-raped by traffickers or having witnessed others taken away to be sexually abused, the United Nations said Thursday in a report based on hundreds of interviews.

New York judge declines to dismiss Harvey Weinstein case

A New York judge declined to dismiss sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein Thursday, rejecting the latest push from the disgraced film producer’s lawyers to have his indictment thrown out.