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Updated 1 week, 4 days ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
AP Entertainment Digest, 2nd Ld-Writethru

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Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Police: Woman charged in cold case _ baby found dead in 2008

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — A woman accused of giving birth and then leaving her infant to die beside a South Carolina highway has been arrested more than a decade after the child was found dead.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Judge: Man accused of truck attack plot isn't fit for trial

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C.,…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Long lines mar Super Tuesday voting in two biggest states

Voters stood in line for two hours at some California precincts on

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Netanyahu still short of majority after Israel's election

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of capturing the majority needed to form a government, near-final election results showed Wednesday, deepening a year of political deadlock and ap…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Biden wins Maine, his 10th Super Tuesday victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: 10th person dies in Washington state from virus

BANGKOK (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Murphy's surgery to remove tumor 'successful,' deputy says

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's surgery Wednesday to remove what was likely a cancerous tumor on his kidney was successful, the state's acting governor said.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Aides say Biden thrilled with Bloomberg support

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Ex-guard admits to sexually abusing inmate at federal jail

NEW YORK (AP) — A former correctional officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually abusing a woman housed at the federal lockup in Manhattan — a facility that has drawn mounting criticism for security lapses such a…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Defense contractor charged with giving up military secrets

WASHINGTON (AP) — A linguist working for the U.S. military who kept a list of secret informants hidden under her mattress was charged with sharing the names with a romantic interest linked to the Lebanese militant …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Iran says UN nuke watchdog requests must have legal basis

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says requests from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog for information and access to Iran’s nuclear sites must have a legal basis, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Prosecutors charge contractor with passing US military secrets to foreign national believed tied to Hezbollah

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors charge contractor with passing US military secrets to foreign national believed tied to Hezbollah.