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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 …
Cruz staying at home after exposure to man with coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said Sunday he will remain at his home in Texas after learning that he shook hands and briefly chatted with a man in suburban Washington who has tested positive for coronavirus.
The Latest: 3 US residents who took Egypt tour have virus
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GOP Sen. Ted Cruz staying at home for 2 weeks after shaking hands with man who tested positive for coronavirus.
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Sen. Ted Cruz staying at home for 2 weeks after shaking hands with man who tested positive for coronavirus.
Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are plunging as a dispute among producers could lead a global economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude.
S Korea’s military: North fires 3 unidentified projectiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North threatened to take “momentous” action to protest outsid…
The Latest: US Democratic leaders call for paid sick leave
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South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile.
Iwo Jima hero, 96, sees US warship commissioned in his honor
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A 96-year-old war hero looked on as military officials commissioned a U.S. Navy warship in honor of the veteran, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Battle of Iwo Jima.
South Korea’s military: North fires unidentified projectile
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile.
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Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread
2 charged in attack on Spanish speakers head to court
BOSTON (AP) — Two Massachusetts women charged with assaulting a woman and her teenage daughter for speaking Spanish in public last month are scheduled to be arraigned on hate crime charges, prosecutors said.
The Latest: Americans on ship to be taken to military bases
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Nashville church worships in the rubble after deadly tornado
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bobbie Harris, 79, lost her rental home, her job and her church when a deadly tornado struck her community in North Nashville. But all she could think about was her blessings.
Diocese: Claims against retired Wisconsin priest uncredible
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Sexual misconduct allegations made against a retired Wisconsin Catholic priest who was acquitted last year on charges he sexually assaulted an altar boy are not credible, the Diocese of Madison…