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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 …
It's official: GOP’s Malliotakis ousts Democrat Rose in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — A final tally of absentee ballots has confirmed that Republican Nicole Malliotakis has defeated U.S. Rep. Max Rose, denying the Democrat a second term representing one of the few conservative-leanin…
US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday.
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The Latest: Florida tops 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases
MIAMI — Florida joined Texas and California in surpassing 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday as the governor has vowed not to adopt any further restrictions or impose closures like those enacted in the spri…
Alabama sets February execution date for man in 1991 killing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Tuesday set a February execution date for a man convicting of the 1991 killing of a woman abducted near an automatic teller machine and later found shot in a cemetery.
Senate GOP leader sticking with partisan COVID relief plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said he's largely sticking with a partisan, scaled-back COVID-19 relief bill that has already failed twice this fall, even as Democratic leaders and a biparti…
American women settle lawsuit with U.S. Soccer Federation on unequal working conditions with men, to appeal wage claims
LOS ANGELES (AP) — American women settle lawsuit with U.S. Soccer Federation on unequal working conditions with men, to appeal wage claims.
The Nation's Weather
The Nation's Weather for Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Ex-Honolulu police lieutenant sentenced in conspiracy case
HONOLULU (AP) — A judge sentenced a former Honolulu police lieutenant on Tuesday to three-and-a-half years in prison for helping a now-retired police chief and his now-estranged, ex-prosecutor wife frame a relative…
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US Forecast for Wednesday, December 2, 2020
NTSB: Safety processes failed in crash that killed 7 bikers
Systems meant to keep motorists safe failed to prevent a pickup driver on drugs from crashing last year into an oncoming group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire, leading to the death of seven bikers, the National T…
Salesforce to buy work chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime indu…
Strong start to December as S&P 500 index sets another high
Wall Street kicked off December with more milestones Tuesday after a broad rally for stocks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to new highs.
Ex-Arizona politician gets 6 years in adoption scheme
PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona politician who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced in Arkansas to six years in federal prison. It was …
5 dead, many injured after German man drives car into crowd
BERLIN (AP) — A man zig-zagged an SUV at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing five people, including a 9-month-old child, and seriously injuring more tha…