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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 …
Sacramento agrees to settle suit by Stephon Clark protesters
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of 84 people who were arrested during a protest over the police shooting of an unarmed, mentally ill black man…
UN: Last year was second-warmest and decade was hottest ever
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Last year was the second warmest on record, the past decade was the hottest in human history and January was the warmest January since 1850, the head of the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday.
Australia's High Court hears what may be Pell's last appeal
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse took his appeal to Australia’s highest court Wednesday in potentially his last bid to clear his name.
Mexico recovers body of US climber Nolan Smythe after fall
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexico border state of Chihuahua said Tuesday they have recovered the body of U.S. climber Nolan Smythe, who died four days ago in a fall from the El Gigante cliff fac…
Man rescued after 69 hours in rubble of fallen China hotel
BEIJING (AP) — A man was pulled out alive after being trapped for 69 hours under the rubble of a collapsed virus quarantine hotel in southeastern China in which at least 27 other people died and two remain missing.
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Mike Espy wins Democratic Senate primary in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Espy wins Democratic Senate primary in Mississippi.
San Francisco public corruption probe snares 2nd official
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A widening public corruption probe ensnared a second high-ranking San Francisco official Tuesday when the mayor announced she had placed the director of the building inspections department on l…
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San Francisco area man guilty of commuter train murder
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco area man with a history of violence and mental illness is guilty of the random stabbing death of an 18-year-old woman at a commuter train platform two years ago, a killing with …
Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primaries in Missouri and Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins Democratic presidential primaries in Missouri and Mississippi.
Man, woman charged with trespassing at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man and woman were arrested Tuesday after parking a pickup truck and remaining near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida without permission, authorities said.
Norwegian Refugee Council chief urges Venezuela exodus aid
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council said Tuesday that the world is not doing enough to help Colombia respond to the influx of migrants from neighboring Venezuela.
Lawmakers briefed on Russian attempts to sow discord in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two classified briefings that lawmakers received from intelligence agencies Tuesday did little to bridge the rift between President Donald Trump's administration and Democrats who have concerns ab…
Timeline of Cardinal George Pell's career and accusations
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's highest court on Wednesday began hearing an appeal by Cardinal George Pell against his convictions for molesting two choirboys in a cathedral more than two decades ago.