Queen Elizabeth II will travel with her husband, Prince Philip, to France to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.

Samuel Alito, a Supreme Court justice since early 2006, said in a luncheon speech in West Palm Beach, Fla., that the court should never concern itself with popularity and must remain above the fray when there is strong public reaction to its rulings.

Yevgeny Vitishko, an activist who has reported on the environmental fallout from construction for the Sochi Olympics, was found guilty in Russia of swearing in public and ordered jailed for 15 days, his lawyer said.

Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, a French comedian convicted multiple times for inciting racial hatred or anti-Semitism, was banned by Britain’s Home Secretary from entering the United Kingdom.

Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian satirist who has ruffled feathers at home, is gaining an expanded audience after German-based broadcaster Deutsche Welle said it will show Youssef’s Al Bernameg series across the Arab world.

Nadya Suleman, the 38-year-old single mother of 14 known in the media as “Octomom,” is scheduled to appear March 11 for another hearing in the welfare-fraud case pending against her in Los Angeles.

Michael White, 31, a fired Pittsburgh high school teacher who got tattoos in a failed attempt to discredit two students who claimed he had sexual contact with them, was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.

President Barack Obama has planned a trip to Saudi Arabia next month amid tension with the important U.S. ally over disputes in the region, the White House announced.

Dustin Wesley Cook, 38, was sentenced in South Texas to probation for the accidental shooting in 2011 of two middle school students struck while trying out for the school basketball team as Cook was target shooting in a field about a mile behind the school.

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