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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 …
Italy weighs tougher virus lockdown, boosts aid for economy
ROME (AP) — Italy weighed imposing even tighter restrictions on daily life and announced billions in financial relief Wednesday to cushion economic shocks from the coronavirus, its latest efforts to adjust to the f…
St. Paul teachers continue strike, no classes for a 2nd day
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some 36,000 public school students had another day off Wednesday in St. Paul while their teachers walked the picket line in the second day of a
Turkey vows strong military action if Syria truce violated
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Wednesday that his military would launch its harshest retaliation yet if the Syrian government breaks a fragile truce in Idlib province brokered l…
Tokyo Olympic head shoots down comments about delaying games
TOKYO (AP) — The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Wednesday he has received an apology from an executive board member who said the 2020 Games should be delayed a year to two because of the c…
Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY
The World Health Organization has declared that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. The assessment comes as Italy weighs even tighter restrictions on daily life and announced billions in financial reli…
Loughlin, Giannulli lawyer is prosecutors' 'worst nightmare'
BOSTON (AP) — After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: “No matter how rich and powerful you are, you have to…
Global Forecast-Celsius
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Trial date set for woman accused in baby's burning death
NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a Louisiana woman accused in the burning death of a 6-month-old boy.
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Province at center of China virus lets some companies reopen
BEIJING (AP) — The province at the center of China’s virus outbreak is allowing factories and some other businesses to reopen in a show of confidence that Beijing is gaining control over the disease that devastated…
Store owner charged after homemade sanitizer burns youths
RIVER VALE, N.J. (AP) — A convenience store owner in New Jersey reacting to the coronavirus outbreak created and sold a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns, state and county law enforcement officials…
Palestinians: 15-year-old killed in clash with Israeli army
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian health ministry on Wednesday said Israeli troops shot and killed a 15-year-old boy during clashes near the West Bank city of Nablus.
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Iran says new coronavirus has killed 63 more people, raising death toll to 354 amid 9,000 cases in Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says new coronavirus has killed 63 more people, raising death toll to 354 amid 9,000 cases in Islamic Republic.
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