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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 …
Sanders wins top prize, California; Biden surges nationwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders seized victory in Super Tuesday’s biggest prize, California, while a resurgent Joe Biden scored wins in the upper Midwest and African American strongholds in the South, in a dramati…
Asian stocks higher after Wall Street sinks despite rate cut
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street sank despite an emergency U.S. interest cut aimed at defusing fears a virus outbreak might depress global economic activity.
AP VoteCast: Late deciders aid Biden, young loyal to Sanders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden's surprise victories on Super Tuesday were powered by Democratic voters who broke his way just days before casting their ballots — a wave of late momentum that scrambled the race in a ma…
The Latest: South Carolina's Clyburn relishes Biden wins
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Georgia county ditches new voting machines for paper ballots
ATLANTA (AP) — With early voting already underway, election officials in a Georgia county have voted to switch from the state's new voting machines to hand-marked paper ballots amid concerns about ballot secrecy.
San Antonio: CDC planned to drop cruise passengers at mall
Federal health officials planned to drop off some cruise ship passengers at a shopping mall after their release from a two-week quarantine at a Texas air base, one of several reasons the city of San Antonio declare…
AP VoteCast: Biden boosted by late deciders in the South
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Democratic voters in Super Tuesday's presidential primaries made up their minds just before casting a ballot — and Joe Biden appears to be benefiting from their indecision.
AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg will reassess on Wednesday whether he should stay in the race after getting disappointing results in Super Tuesday primaries despite spending more…
Biden wins Minnesota, surges in South; Sanders wins Colorado
WASHINGTON (AP) — A resurgent Joe Biden swept to victory across the country on Tuesday, scoring primary wins in the upper Midwest and African American strongholds in the South, in a dramatic offensive against progr…
Kim's sister's 1st official remarks hint at elevated status
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In her first known official statement, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leveled diatribes and insults against rival South Korea for protesting her country's latest liv…
AP VoteCast: Biden coalition shows up across the South
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press is surveying voters in eight of the 14 states holding Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday. Here’s a snapshot of voters in Alabama, California, Colorado, Massachusetts…
The Latest: Biden wins Democratic primary in Arkansas
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Centrists face firebrands in congressional party primaries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Establishment-backed centrist Cal Cunningham bested a progressive challenger for the Democratic nomination to oppose North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis as Super Tuesday voters in four stat…
Cunningham wins Senate primary; Forest earns GOP gov's nod
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina primary voters on Tuesday chose a Democratic former state legislator and Iraq War veteran to challenge Republican Sen. Thom Tillis this fall and the GOP lieutenant governor to tr…
Federal juries penalize Chicago in lawsuits against police
CHICAGO (AP) — Separate federal juries on Tuesday found that Chicago police officers wrongly indulged in conduct that resulted in the fatal shooting of a suspect and the false confession and imprisonment of an alle…