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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 …
China's health ministry says virus epicenter of Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province have reported no new cases
BEIJING (AP) — China's health ministry says virus epicenter of Wuhan and surrounding Hubei province have reported no new cases.
The Latest: Wuhan reports no new cases of virus infection
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Avenatti cites coronavirus threat in seeking jail release
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti asked Wednesday to be released temporarily from a federal jail, citing a recent bout with pneumonia, a sick cellmate and filthy jail conditions as reasons he is at high risk of gett…
Lack of clean water for India's poor spawns virus concerns
NEW DELHI (AP) — Dharam Singh Rajput can’t afford to buy hand sanitizer, which could help ward off transmission of the coronavirus in his community.
What's Happening: Trump taps powers, auto factories closing
These are some of the latest developments Wednesday in the world's coronavirus pandemic:
Norwegian musher achieves boyhood dream, wins Iditarod race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As a young boy growing up in Norway, Thomas Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic American modes of transportation: muscle cars and the sled do…
Olympic leaders back IOC's Tokyo stance after rare criticism
GENEVA (AP) — Regional Olympic officials are rallying around the IOC and have backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled, as direct criticism from gold medalist athletes built amid the coronavirus ou…
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Trump taps emergency powers as virus relief plan proceeds
'Wonderchicken' fossil reveals ancestor of today's birds
New York (AP) — A tiny fossil skull nicknamed “Wonderchicken” is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today's birds. It may be the oldest known fossil from this group.
Best strategies against virus: Track, isolate, communicate
SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore, a tiny city-state of less than 6 million people, had one of the earliest and biggest clusters of cases of the coronavirus in early February, before it began its rapid, inexorable expansi…
Proposed UN resolution would support Sudan's peace efforts
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A proposed U.N. Security Council resolution would replace the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s restive Darfur region with a U.N. political and peace-building mission whos…
A snapshot of Mexico's cartel landscape amid rising violence
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another year, another homicide total unseen before in Mexico’s modern history as the country struggles to check rising violence.
The Latest: 8 new COVID-19 cases in DC; emergency declared
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400 foreigners stranded in Panama after 'tribal' festival
PLAYA CHIQUITA, Panama (AP) — Between 400 and 500 foreigners are stranded in Panama after a “tribal” festival and music event ended with many of them being quarantined at the concert site near the Caribbean beach o…
The Latest: Hundreds stranded in Panama after music festival
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