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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 …
Schumer: I 'should not have used' critical words on justices
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic leader
WV state plane OK'd to fly governor home, reelection events
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's state airplane can make side trips to Gov. Jim Justice's hometown as well as fly him to campaign events if the trips coincide with official state business, ethics officials …
AP sources: Feds investigate contraband flow at Epstein jail
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into potential misconduct by guards as officials keep inmates locked down at the federal jail in New York where financier Jeffrey Epstein…
Stepson of convicted Arkansas man charges at him in court
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The stepson of an Arkansas man convicted of killing his 6-year-old son by sexually assaulting the child with a stick during a Missouri camping trip charged at his stepfather while testifyin…
Pence pledges to 'lean in' against spread of coronavirus
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence pledged Thursday that federal officials would “lean into” the fight against the new coronavirus as he visited with a leading maker of masks being used to stem the s…
Pakistani Islamists accused of defacing pro-woman mural
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Dozens of seminary students linked to a radical pro-Taliban cleric defaced a mural depicting two women painted by rights activists to commemorate International Women's Day in the capital Islamabad,…
The Latest: Klobuchar going to Michigan to stump for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Meet Perseverance: Mars rover gets name ahead of July launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's next Mars rover finally has a name. Perseverance, a six-wheeled robotic explorer, will blast off this summer to collect Martian samples for eventual return to Earth.
'This is not a drill': WHO urges the world to fight virus
BANGKOK (AP) — The global march of the new virus triggered a vigorous appeal from the World Health Organization for governments to pull out “all the stops” to slow the epidemic, as it drained color from India's spr…
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Virus cancels exams and jeopardizes Chinese students' plans
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Universities that rely on international enrollment are expected to take a big hit in the next academic year as canceled entrance exams and travel restrictions in China because of the coronavi…
Businessman involved in St. Louis County scheme sentenced
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A businessman who admitted to providing bribes as part of a pay-to-play scandal that led to the downfall of St. Louis County’s former top elected official was sentenced Thursday to nearly a year…
Michigan lawmaker disciplined after sexual harassment probe
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker was stripped of a committee chairmanship and ordered to undergo training Thursday after the state Senate concluded allegations of sexual harassment lodged by several women,…
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Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-esta…