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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 …
Dow surges 4.9% in another wild day on hopes for virus aid
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks on Tuesday recouped most of their historic losses from the prior day as hopes rose, faded and then bloomed again on Wall Street that the U.S. government will try to cushion the economic pain …
Sniper Lee Malvo marries while serving life in prison
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 sniper spree that terrorized the nation's capital region, is now a married man.
Human composting could become an option in California
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — For Sarah Chavez, it’s important her death reflect the beliefs and values that guided her in life.
Florida lawmakers OK bill to pay former death row inmate $2M
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former death row inmate who spent 43 years in prison for a murder authorities now say he didn't commit would be compensated more than $2 million under a bill the Florida Legislature sent …
Stocks rise sharply on Wall Street in more turbulent trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving sharply higher on Wall Street Tuesday after whipping up and down all day along with hopes that the U.S. and other governments will cushion the global economy from the pain of the c…
National Guard sent into New York suburb to control virus
New York's governor announced Tuesday he is sending the National Guard into a New York City suburb to help fight what is believed to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases — one of the most dramatic a…
Stocks claw higher on Wall Street in more turbulent trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street Tuesday as trading takes another volatile turn. The market surged in the early going, fell into the red by lunchtime, then turned decisively higher after Pres…
Egyptian lawyer sentenced to 1 year in prison for fake news
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court Tuesday sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer and former lawmaker to a year in prison for his conviction on charges that rights advocates have decried as baseless and politically …
PG&E says it has settled one battle involving wildfire fund
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric told a federal bankruptcy judge Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with disaster-relief agencies that threatened to siphon money away from a $13.5 billion fund earmark…
NY shuts some schools for 2 weeks in suburb hit by virus
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is shuttering several schools and houses of worship for two weeks in a suburb and sending in the National Guard to help with what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of cas…
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2 charged with spray-painting ancient rock art in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two Nevada men have been indicted on charges of vandalizing an archaeological site after U.S. prosecutors say the pair spray-painted rock formations in a national monument that features petroglyphs.
New York sending in National Guard to control virus
New York's governor announced Tuesday he is sending the National Guard into a New York City suburb to help fight what is believed to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases — one of the most dramatic a…
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Police recording: California killings defendant cites racism
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of killing four people in California told detectives in a recorded interview he was fed up with racism against black people and since he was suspected of killing of one white man…