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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 …
Report: US hostage families seek better government support
WASHINGTON (AP) — Relatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report issued Thursday that the U.S. government still must do better in communicating with t…
The Latest: Ellis Marsalis Jr. dies from pneumonia
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
Asian stocks mixed as economic toll of virus worsens
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were meandering Thursday after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling and signs of the outbreak's global economic …
The Latest: Tunisia proposes UN resolution for cease-fire
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
AP PHOTOS: Once-packed Peru beach emptied by virus outbreak
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Agua Dulce beach is usually a sea of humanity, packed with as many as 40,000 people a day at the height of Peru's Southern Hemisphere summer, which runs from December to March.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states
The Latest: Shenzhen bans breeding and eating wild animals
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
Australia's highest court to rule on Pell's appeal next week
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's highest court will deliver its ruling next week on whether to overturn the convictions of Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse.
New Orleans mayor says jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; pianist, father of musician sons Wynton, Branford
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans mayor says jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; pianist, father of musician sons Wynton, Branford.
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Los Angeles mayor recommends everyone in the nation's second-largest city wear a mask to combat the coronavirus
Los Angeles (AP) — Los Angeles mayor recommends everyone in the nation's second-largest city wear a mask to combat the coronavirus.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT
Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states
Los Angeles mayor urges everyone to wear masks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday told everyone in the nation’s second-largest city to start wearing masks to combat the coronavirus, but California’s governor isn’t ready to take that idea s…
The Latest: Philippine president vows force to ensure order
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…
Triple-slaying suspect surrenders after standoff; child safe
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — After a prolonged standoff, Florida state troopers arrested a Georgia man accused of fatally shooting three people in his child's mother's family and kidnapping his child, authorities said Wednes…