French boat rescues 9 migrants stranded in English Channel

PARIS (AP) — French authorities say eight migrants were rescued from a boat with a failed engine while trying to sneak across the English Channel to Britain.
The French regional maritime authority, or prefecture, said in a statement that the small rubber boat was spotted Tuesday of the coast of Calais.
A police helicopter monitoring the area helped a tugboat reach the migrants as the boat neared English territorial waters. The prefecture said the group brought back to French shores include