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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 …
Michelle Obama to host voter participation rally in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama plans to host a rally in Detroit later this month for a nonpartisan, nonprofit voter advocacy organization she co-chairs.
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Biden claims 9 Super Tuesday victories, including Texas
The Latest: Facebook to help combat virus misinformation
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Lonely Mona: Once again, virus fears close the Louvre
PARIS (AP) — Once again, the “Mona Lisa” is all alone.
The Latest: Wuhan seeing increase in empty hospital beds
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Iran says 92 dead amid 2,922 cases of the new coronavirus
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Wednesday that the new coronavirus has killed 92 people amid 2,922 confirmed cases across the Islamic Republic, the highest death toll in the world outside of China.
Iran says 92 dead amid 2,922 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says 92 dead amid 2,922 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in the Islamic Republic.
1 murder charge, 3 deaths loom over Durst as trial opens
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The last time Robert Durst was on trial for murder, he testified that he had dismembered his elderly neighbor’s body, put it in garbage bags and tossed them in the Gulf of Mexico.
S. Korea hunts sick beds as West braces for long virus fight
BANGKOK (AP) — South Korea struggled to find enough beds for its sick, Italy grappled with a rising number of deaths and concern grew over an expanding outbreak in the United States on Wednesday as the new virus th…
US, China clash over head of UN intellectual property agency
GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of countries are voting Wednesday in a pivotal phase of an election to choose the next head of the U.N.'s intellectual property agency, a contest for a key post in the Digital Age that has pit …
Israel's re-do election returns it to political limbo, again
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel looked set to slide back into political deadlock on Wednesday as the final votes were being tallied from the third election in less than a year, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Liku…
US strikes Taliban forces, in first hit since peace deal
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. conducted Wednesday its first airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan since signing an ambitious peace deal with the militant group.
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The Latest: European Central Bank bans nonessential travel
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