Europe

Teenaged Female Shortstop Could Be Signed by MLB Team

12:31pm June 24, 2015

David Greene talks to Lindsay Berra of MLB.com about a 16-year-old French baseball player, who became the first female prospect to make herself eligible to be signed by a Major League Baseball team.

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A Bulgarian border policeman stands near a barbed wire wall on the border with Turkey in July 2014. Experts believe that about two-thirds of the heroin that enters Europe comes through Bulgaria, and that a third of that moves on to the United States.

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Bulgaria Steps Up Efforts Against Drug Trafficking Across Its Borders

8:58am June 24, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Bulgaria has long been a drug trafficking hub. As recently as the 1990s, the government looked the other way. Now a European Union member, it's working to stop the flow of Afghan heroin into Europe.

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Bus Drivers In Russian City Angered By Court-Lowered Fares

8:05am June 24, 2015

Minibuses typically stop anywhere you ask, but drivers in the Siberian city of Omsk are protesting the court ruling by only making official stops.

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Russian Relations 'Extremely Tense' As U.S. Sends Armor To Eastern Europe

8:56pm June 23, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mark Katz, a professor of government and politics at George Mason University, about U.S.-Russia relations on issues such as the Iran nuclear agreement and Syria.

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Female Shortstop, 16, Could Be Signed By MLB Teams In July

5:04pm June 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Melissa Mayeux plays shortstop for two of France's national teams: the U-18 junior squad and the senior softball team. She's known as a smooth fielder who can also handle a bat.

Anti-Austerity Greek Government Yields Ground At EU Summit

2:16pm June 23, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

The Greek government has been given some time to work out a deal with its creditors. Eurozone and International Monetary Fund officials are scrutinizing the latest proposal.

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The small Spanish town of Castrillo Mota de Judios recently changed its name from Castrillo Matajudios, or "Fort Kill the Jews." The town approved the name change at the end of 2014 but it did not go into effect until Tuesday.

World News

At Long Last, Small Spanish Town Changes 'Kill The Jews' Name

10:24am June 23, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The people voted in favor of the name change and it finally became official on Tuesday. The name dates back to 1627, when historians believe Jewish residents converted to Catholicism.

Obsessed Fan To Remove Miley Cyrus Tattoos

8:10am June 23, 2015

Carl McCoid has 29 Miley Cyrus tribute tattoos. The middle-aged McCoid tells Britain's Daily Mirror that he's getting some of the tattoos removed after the singer called them creepy and ugly.

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EU Leaders Consider Economic Reform Proposal To Prevent Greek Default

10:32pm June 22, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

European leaders met Monday in a last-ditch effort to keep Greece from defaulting on loan payments that are due soon. There was no resolution, but both sides will reconvene later this week.

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German Protesters Exhume Migrant Graves To Shock Europe Into Action

7:03pm June 22, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Germans activists want Europe to accepting more of the millions fleeing the world's conflict zones. They're exhuming migrants from unmarked graves in Italy and reburying them in Berlin.

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