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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 …
NY Fed to buy a range of Treasurys to try to ease jitters
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will sharply increase its purchases of short-term U.S. Treasury bonds to try to ease anxiety and disruptions in the financial markets over the coronavirus outbreak.
Italy's coronavirus death toll tops 1,000 as Europe becomes new center of the world's pandemic
ROME (AP) — Italy's coronavirus death toll tops 1,000 as Europe becomes new center of the world's pandemic.
The Latest: Brazil leader's aide has virus, met with Trump
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Biden, Sanders press contrast with Trump in virus speeches
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday called for a sweeping national response to the coronavirus outbreak, chiding President Donald Trump for a response he said was woefull…
The Latest: Europe is new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic
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Only on AP: Pepper-sprayed inmates reach $177K settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A private prison in northeast Louisiana must pay a total of $177,500 to five former inmates of that prison whose faces were pepper-sprayed while they were handcuffed and kneeling in 2016.
The Latest: All but 3 stocks in S&P 500 lower amid sell-off
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Arkansas court says death row inmate can drop appeal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop is mentally competent to drop his appeal.
Brazilian presidency says senior official who met President Trump on March 7 has tested positive for the new coronavirus
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian presidency says senior official who met President Trump on March 7 has tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Brazilian official who met Trump tests positive for virus
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in …
AP-Sync 1 Biden URGENT ADVISORY
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Pakistan anti-graft body arrests newspaper, TV mogul Rehman
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's anti-graft body Thursday ordered the arrest of the owner and editor-in-chief of Pakistan's largest independent group of newspapers and TV stations in a decades-old case related to allega…