Jess McHugh

Breaking News Reporter -- Europe

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Jess McHugh reports on Europe for the breaking news team. A Yale alum, she has previously worked for CNN, McSweeney's, and The Missing Slate and reported from France, Senegal, San Francisco, and DC. When's she's not writing about French politics, she boxes and knits scarves.

Ukraine-Russia Conflict: German Military Spending $21 Million On Troops For NATO Exercises In Ukraine

Drills by members of the military alliance will take place in September in Ukraine, a move interpreted as a message to Russia.

European Migrant Crisis: British Lawmaker Wants To 'Take Back' Northern France After Hundred Years War

The statement was made amid a continuing migrant crisis in Europe that has sent thousands of refugees attempting to cross from France to the U.K. through the Eurotunnel.

MH370 Crash: Black Boxes Are Practically Indestructible, Could Explain Malaysia Airlines Disappearance

The only piece of evidence capable of pinpointing exactly why the MH370 went down is the black box.

Greek Debt Crisis Update: Tsipras Calls For New Vote Amid Struggle To Unify Syriza Party Divisions

Struggling to unify his splintering Syriza party, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he would not be bullied any further on austerity measures and called for a party-wide vote.

North Korea Missiles Fired From Yemen Into Saudi Arabia, South Korean Official Says

Kim Jong Un's regime reportedly has acquired the nickname "Missiles R US" for selling the weapons to other nations.

Russian Sanctions: Putin Signs Decree Ordering All Western Imported Food 'Destroyed'

Import bans were instituted in 2014 in response to Western sanctions on Russian imports amid the Ukraine crisis and have greatly disrupted the daily lives of ordinary Russians.

Agricultural Crisis In France: Farmers Block Highways, Set Pigs Loose In Supermarkets To Protest Market Conditions

“We are dedicated Europeans. We just want our country to stop overcharging us with taxes.”

Anti-Immigration In Italy: Muslim Prayer Rugs Removed In Turin By Right-Wing Officials, Sparking Anger

The councilmen, who belonged to an anti-immigrant political party, were criticized by local leaders.

Election 2016: Jeb Bush, In Spanish, Talks Son's Race, Discrimination, Immigration Reform During Telemundo Interview

In a Telemundo interview, Bush spoke, in Spanish, not only on his family's experiences as Hispanic Americans but on the need for immigration reform.

British 'Breaking Bad' Drug Lord Sentenced: George Rogers Gets 18 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Deal Crystal Meth

Reports since the start of the trial had compared George Rogers, a career criminal and cancer patient, to Walter White of the cult television series "Breaking Bad."

Turkey Safe Zone: NATO Member States React To Syrian Border Plan

German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of the "solidarity and support of Germany in the fight against terrorism."

Russia Hosts Military Tournament In Moscow For Non-NATO Members; Tank Biathlon Includes Troops From China And India

Each team has the use of four tanks and must employ military tactics and navigation to outmaneuver teams from the other nations.

Greece Plan To Replace Euro? Former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Plotting Greek Return To Drachma

The plan reportedly included stealing from the national bank and from taxpayers to finance a national return to the drachma.

Ukraine Russia Conflict: Russian Taking Selfie Is Shot On Ukrainian Border, Police Deny Report

The region where the shooting reportedly took place has long been the site of violent disputes between Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists.

After Tensions Over Iran Nuclear Deal US Will Release Convicted Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Pollard, imprisoned nearly 30 years, delivered copies of classified U.S. documents to Israeli operatives.

Gas Chambers Were Just A 'Detail': Far-Right French Politician Jean-Marie Le Pen To Be Prosecuted Under Holocaust Denial Law

Jean-Marie Le Pen will be prosecuted for inflammatory remarks that caused a rift in his far-right National Front party and sparked broader conversations about France's free-speech traditions.

Hillary Clinton Election 2016: Capital Gains Tax And Long-Term Growth Topics At NYU Speech By Presidential Candidate

The Democratic presidential front-runner called for an end to "quarterly capitalism" in outlining a plan for more long-term investing.

Bill Cosby And Quaaludes: History, Science, Uses And Effects Of The Drug At The Center Of Comedian's Rape Allegations

The powerful sedative was widely popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Its name is said to be a play on the phrase "quiet interlude."

Sexually Transmitted Diseases By State: Montgomery, Alabama, Is Nation's STD Capital

New data shows a high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in states in the Southwest, as well as in cities with large military bases.

Pope Francis Popularity 2015: Conservative Catholics Support Pontiff Despite Sinking Approval Ratings

The pope's views on climate change, divorce and gay rights seem to have alienated some traditional Catholics, says a new poll.

Austria Bans Nazi Codes From Vanity License Plates To Combat Rise of Right-Wing Politics

Symbols and phrases that were banned in Austria include SS (Schutzstaffel), NSDAP (Nazi Party), HJ (Hitler Jugend) and 74, a number representing the pan-Germanic state.

Iran Nuclear Deal 2015 Backlash: Thousands Storm New York's Time Square in Protest

Thousand stormed New York's Times Square Wednesday to protest the Iran nuclear deal. Forty-eight percent of U.S. respondents to a Pew poll say they disapprove of the accord.

Comedian Russell Brand Says The Queen Of England Should Be Called 'Mrs Bratwurst-Kraut-Nazi'

The comedian's July 20 post follows just days after a British tabloid published grainy footage of a child, reportedly the queen, doing the Hitler salute.

Charlie Hebdo Update: Salman Rushdie Says The World Has Learned 'The Wrong Lessons' About Freedom Of Speech

"Fear is being disguised as respect," Rushdie says.

South China Sea Conflict: Diplomat Daniel Russel Says U.S. Is 'Not Neutral' In Spratly Island Debates

“We are not neutral when it comes to adhering to international law," Daniel Russel said.

Did He Or Didn't He? Trial Begins For Gennady Kravtsov, Russian Engineer Accused Of High Treason

The trial of Gennady Kravtsov is one of many treason cases in Russia in recent months amid heightened tensions due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Revenge Porn Update 2015: Tech Companies Enforce New Policies On Illicit Content

Though search engines can delete results, they cannot remove content hosted elsewhere.

Greece's EU Migrant Crisis: Thousands Of Refugees Flock To Islands As Greece Sinks Under Debt

In Greece, refugees are arriving by the thousands — from nations so rife with violence and poverty that Greece seems like a place of relative tranquillity.