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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 …
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Toronto boy found safe after abduction over unpaid drug debt
TORONTO (AP) — A 14-year-old Canadian boy was abducted on his way to school as retribution for a big "cocaine heist" allegedly staged by his stepbrother, but the teen was freed more than a day later after discussio…
South Korea blasts Japan over virus entry restrictions
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul expressed “extreme regret” that Japan will quarantine all visitors from South Korea due to its surging viral outbreak and warned Friday of retaliation if Tokyo doesn’t withdraw the r…
Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor
NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple…
California aims to avoid 'Carmageddon' freeway closure
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — It could be “Carmageddon II,” and it's coming to a major freeway near Los Angeles on the last weekend of April.
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MH17 families hope truth emerges from unprecedented trial
AMSTERDAM (AP) — United by grief across oceans and continents, families who lost loved ones when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in 2014 hope that a trial starting next week will finally deliver something…
US labs await virus-testing kits promised by administration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration officials doubled down on their promise to deliver 1 million tests for the coronavirus this week as states reported limited testing supplies and federal lawmakers expressed do…
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US seeks UN backing for Taliban peace deal to end Afghan war
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is seeking U.N. Security Council backing for the ambitious peace deal it signed with the Taliban aimed at ending America’s longest war and bringing U.S. troops home from Afgh…
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Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening.
Malaysia's anti-graft chief quits after government changes
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's anti-corruption chief has tendered her resignation, becoming the second top official to quit following the fall from power of a reformist ruling alliance once led by Mahathi…
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February 28-March 5, 2020
US report: Colombia coca production still at record high
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The amount of land in Colombia being used to harvest coca — the plant used to make cocaine — is still at a record high despite a renewed campaign to manually eradicate the plant, new data fr…