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Updated 4 days, 15 hours ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
India stays home in 'people's curfew' to stem coronavirus

NEW DELHI (AP) — The typically boisterous streets of India's capital fell silent on Sunday as the country observed a 14-hour “people's curfew” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for in a national address to s…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Strong earthquake shakes Croatia, damage reported

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital on Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. No casualties were initially reported.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Congressional rescue talks churn as crisis deepens

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
2 Sri Lanka inmates killed in riot over virus restrictions

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Inmates in a Sri Lanka prison scuffled with guards and some tried to escape during a protest against new strict measures to control the spread of the coronavirus, leaving two dead and six …

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Sunday:

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Paratrooper exercise is all about preparation - and the jump

TOLEMAIDA AIR BASE, Colombia (AP) — Under a covered pavilion near a steaming runway at Colombia's Tolemaida Air Base, dozens of American paratroopers lie sweating on a concrete slab. Green and brown camouflage face…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Palestinians report 1st cases of coronavirus in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry announced early Sunday that two residents who returned recently from Pakistan to the Gaza Strip tested positive for the coronavirus, the first cases to b…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

The death toll from the global coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 14,600 people worldwide, and it has sickened more than 335,000. Leaders in the U.S. are hammering out a rescue package that could be worth nearly $2…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Virus grows, as do questions: Will the Tokyo Olympics open?

TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic flame has arrived in Japan from Greece. Next comes the torch relay around the country, which is scheduled to start Thursday in northern Japan.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Singapore to close borders after first 2 deaths

SINGAPORE (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Road crash in Bangladesh kills at least 13

DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — A speeding truck rammed a passenger vehicle in southeastern Bangladesh, leaving at least 13 people dead and three others injured, a police official said Sunday.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
India stays home in 'people's curfew' to stem coronavirus

NEW DELHI (AP) — The typically boisterous streets of India's capital fell silent on Sunday as the country observed a 14-hour “people's curfew” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for in a national address to s…

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Governor calls on youth to take shelter-in-place seriously

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Most Californians stayed at home on a Saturday that was unlike any its 40 million residents had ever seen before.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
Virus advances around the world as medical supplies dwindle

The virus pandemic advanced Sunday after the U.S. and Europe reported soaring new cases, prompting a scramble in some regions to set up additional hospital beds and replenish much-needed medical supplies.

Updated 6 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Colombia reports its first coronavirus death

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the