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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
Mexico president's chief of staff resigns; stays link to biz
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Wednesday that his chief of staff, Alfonso Romo, was resigning but would continue to be his “main liaison” to the business sector.
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday.
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Midday fireball, boom thrill gazers from Ontario to Virginia
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A noontime boom that was heard and felt from southern Ontario to Virginia was likely caused by a disintegrating meteor, according to an organization in western New York that keeps track of suc…
Austin mayor went to Mexico while urging people to stay home
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin Mayor Steve Adler went on vacation to Mexico with family in November as he urged people to stay home amid worsening coronavirus caseloads in Texas, at one point recording a video during …
Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney dies from pneumonia at 82
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Frank Carney, who with his brother started the Pizza Hut empire in Wichita, died Wednesday from pneumonia. He was 82.
Lon Adams, Slim Jim jerky recipe creator, dies of COVID-19
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Alonzo “Lon” T. Adams II, the man who created the formula for Slim Jim beef jerky sticks, has died from complications of COVID-19. He was 95.
Washington state to boost workers' comp rates for Amazon
SEATTLE (AP) — A labor agency in Washington state has announced that it will increase workers' compensation rates for Amazon fulfillment centers, deeming them more hazardous than other types of warehouses.
VIRUS TODAY: Hospitals desperate for help as cases pile up
Here's what's happening Wednesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
Top Democrats swing behind bipartisan coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders swung behind a bipartisan COVID-19 relief effort Wednesday, cutting their demands for a $2 trillion-plus measure by more than half in hopes of breaking a monthslong logjam and d…
Illinois speaker's friend, 3 others enter bribery case pleas
CHICAGO (AP) — Four people, including a close friend of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, entered not guilty pleas Wednesday in a federal bribery case alleging a scheme with the state's largest utility in whi…
Hungarian politician resigns party after Belgium party bust
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A former European Parliament lawmaker from Hungary resigned from his country’s ruling party Wednesday after being swept up in a scandal involving what media reports called an orgy that poli…
Israeli navy welcomes new generation of German-made warships
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel’s navy on Wednesday welcomed the first of four German-made warships that will be at the vanguard of the country’s efforts to protect its coastline and growing natural-gas industry.
Pakistan's former prime minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali dies
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Zafarullah Khan Jamali, a veteran Pakistani politician who served as the country's prime minister from 2002 to 2004 died on Wednesday at a hospital in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, days after he…
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-p…