Seattle Mariners first baseman Ty France (23) gestures to the dugout after hitting an RBI double during the fourth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on June 7.

French police detained 12 people on Sunday after 145 individuals reported being pricked with syringes during a nationwide street music festival, according to France’s interior ministry.

France hit .274 with 20 home runs and 83 RBIs that season. Across his entire stint in Seattle, France batted .266 with 60 homers and 258 RBIs in 561 games.

France 24 correspondent Pamela Falk reports from Washington, DC, after France and Saudi Arabia at a UN conference on Tuesday jointly released a declaration endorsed by fourteen other nations laying ...