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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 …
Malaysia's new PM delays Parliament, and no-confidence vote
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's new leader has postponed the next session of Parliament by more than two months, effectively delaying plans by Mahathir Mohamad's former ruling alliance to seek a no-confide…
Tornadoes, virus fears, machines disrupt some voting
Deadly tornadoes knocked out polling places in Tennessee, fears over the coronavirus left some precincts short of election workers and long lines frustrated voters in California and Texas as Super Tuesday sent vote…
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street sinks despite rate cut
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street sank despite an emergency U.S. interest cut aimed at defusing fears a virus outbreak might depress global economic activity.
Sessions advances to Texas GOP runoff in Congress return bid
Former longtime Rep. Pete Sessions advanced Tuesday to a runoff for the Republican nomination in a rural central Texas district in his bid to return to Congress after being voted out of a different seat in 2018.
States scramble to prepare ahead of food stamps rule change
CHICAGO (AP) — Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he’s rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys’ home and jail for burglary, and has s…
Texas' big Super Tuesday presidential race remains uncertain
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden were locked in a close Texas primary on Super Tuesday, a Democratic contest in the nation's largest red state that has a big say in deciding who President Donald Tr…
Supreme Court takes up first big abortion case of Trump era
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up the first major abortion case of the Trump era, an election-year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll bac…
In congressional primaries, Sessions in AL Senate GOP runoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ bid for redemption evolved into a struggle for political survival Tuesday as he was forced into a runoff for the Republican Senate nomination from Alabama, a…
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Sanders wins top prize, California; Biden surges nationwide
Long lines in Los Angeles County prompt Sanders complaint
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Technical issues plagued voting sites throughout California on Tuesday, including in the nation's most populous county, where long lines and an overloaded new voting system prompted a legal com…
China's schools, forced online by virus, run into censors
BEIJING (AP) — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short.
Biden wins 8 Super Tuesday states; Sanders takes California
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden scored sweeping victories across the country on Super Tuesday, backed by a diverse coalition that helped revitalize a moderate presidential bid teetering on the edge of disas…
ADHD diagnoses increasing in black kids, report suggests
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, a U.S. survey found that black children appear to be more likely than white kids to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other learning disabilities.
Fed's Powell faces a puzzling crisis with no simple solution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell is confronting his stiffest test yet as head of the Federal Reserve in an atmosphere vastly altered from what his predecessors faced. It makes an uncertain situation even more challe…
Japan opens part of last town off-limits since nuclear leaks
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government on Wednesday opened part of the last town that had been off-limits due to radiation since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nine years ago, in a symbolic move to show the region's recov…