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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 …
Tripoli’s civilian airport attacked amid diplomatic impasse
CAIRO (AP) — The only civilian airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli came under direct attack by eastern-based opposition forces, authorities in the capital said Thursday, as diplomatic efforts to end the war co…
OPEC mulls big production cut of 1.5 million barrels a day
VIENNA (AP) — The oil-producing countries of the OPEC cartel are proposing a deep production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day to support prices that are sagging due to the spread of the coronavirus.
Bethlehem's storied Nativity Church closes amid virus fears
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian officials on Thursday closed the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem indefinitely over fears of the new coronavirus, weeks ahead of the busy East…
Hungary seen breaking EU rules with education law amendments
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Changes by Hungary to its law on higher education which effectively forced a university founded by George Soros to leave the country were not in line with European Union law, according to a…
Coach in trouble for letting twerking tour film video in gym
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A high school basketball coach is in some hot water over letting a celebrity twerker use the Miami Beach Senior High gym to make a video during her Feb. 22 “Twerk Tour” stop.
Tribute to mark 250th anniversary of Boston Massacre
BOSTON (AP) — Boston is marking the 250th anniversary of a massacre that helped spark the Revolutionary War.
Trump cheers Bloomberg implosion, but Biden worries linger
WASHINGTON (AP) — While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are still some private worries in the White House.
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Man gets jail for video of himself licking ice cream tub
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video
Pope names Savannah bishop Hartmayer archbishop of Atlanta
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has named Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer as the new leader of the Catholic Church in Atlanta.
Spain: Family takes dictator's exhumation to European court
MADRID (AP) — Descendants of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco have filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the Spanish government’s exhumation and removal of Franco's remains from a grandiose ma…
The Latest: Facebook closes office after worker sickened
BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders
Brussels (AP) — Thousands of migrants massed on Greece’s borders with Turkey, and security forces struggling to keep them at bay. Five years on it feels like deja vu, yet the European Union seems just as ill-prepar…
The Latest: Japan to quarantine visitors from China, S Korea
BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
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