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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 …
The Latest: Group close to Warren pulls for Sanders in Mich.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):
Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread
ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China’s playbook Sunday, attempting to lock down 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus…
South Dakota tribe set to vote on legalizing marijuana
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe will vote this week on legalizing medical and recreational marijuana on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in an initiative that many hope will bring ec…
Milwaukee bar fight shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A shooting that erupted during a bar fight in Milwaukee early Sunday has killed one man and injured three others, police said.
F1's Bahrain Grand Prix to run without fans due to virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Formula One's Bahrain Grand Prix will run this month without spectators as the island kingdom fights an outbreak of the new coronavirus, organizers announced Sunday. Mideast stock…
Police: 1 killed, 17 wounded in Cleveland party shooting
CLEVELAND (AP) — At least one person was killed and 17 people were injured when gunfire erupted late Saturday following a fight at a party in Cleveland, Ohio, attended by multiple motorcycle clubs, police said.
Native Americans scramble over shutdown of Fargo sweat lodge
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — In the decade since Fargo agreed to host a sweat lodge for the many Native Americans who live in the area, the simple structure and its users have suffered a series of indignities: The land set a…
The Latest: Germany urges postponements of large gatherings
ROME (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local):
Meghan urges men to honor the women in their lives
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a school to offer an International Women’s Day message with an appeal to men to honor the women in their lives.
In Uganda, a peace festival seeks end to violence in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Young people played tug of war and others shook their bodies to crowd-pleasing music as a scorching African sun set near the Ugandan capital. A tipsy poet drew loud cheers by repeatedly recit…
Several killed in attack in African nation of Cameroon
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Armed separatists attacked a village in the African nation of Cameroon's western French-speaking region on Sunday, killing at least seven people, according to a top offical and a resident.
AP Was There: Atlanta Student Movement of 1960
ATLANTA (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — The year of 1960 was pivotal for civil rights in America. Segregationist politicians insisted on upholding racist Jim Crow laws and policies that denied black people equal access to m…
The Latest: Sistine Chapel among shuttered Vatican museums
ROME (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak (all times local):
AP Photo Gallery: Atlanta Student Movement of 1960
ATLANTA (AP) — Following the publication of “An Appeal for Human Rights” on March 9, 1960, students at Atlanta’s historically black colleges waged a nonviolent campaign of boycotts and sit-ins protesting segregatio…
60 years later, 'An Appeal for Human Rights' still resonates
ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a segregated South and channeled her frustrations into writing “An Appeal for Human Rights.”