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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 …
Trump meets with GOP lawmakers amid surveillance rift
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is getting more deeply involved in the dispute among Republicans over what to do about expiring surveillance powers used by the FBI, meeting with Attorney General William Ba…
US deports former Guatemalan soldier wanted in 1982 massacre
MIAMI (AP) — A former Guatemalan sergeant who acknowledged participating in a massacre in 1982 during the country's civil war was deported Tuesday by U.S. authorities.
Death toll from Tennessee tornadoes climbs to at least 24
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At lea…
Resurgent Biden starts Super Tuesday with big Virginia win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden notched his first major Super Tuesday victory, winning battleground Virginia to start the most pivotal night of the Democratic presidential primary and add to a remarkable political come…
The Latest: Joe Biden wins Virginia's Democratic primary
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UN: World's biggest humanitarian crisis in Syria northwest
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. humanitarian official for Syria said Tuesday the crisis in northwest Idlib where nearly one million people have fled to avoid escalating hostilities is “probably the biggest crisi…
Super Tuesday primaries test competing visions for America
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Millions of voters from Maine to California were casting ballots in a series of high-stakes Super Tuesday primary contests that tested the strength of starkly different visions for America's futu…
Democratic Party spokeswoman: Judge has ruled some Tennessee polls must extend Super Tuesday hours in wake of tornado
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Democratic Party spokeswoman: Judge has ruled some Tennessee polls must extend Super Tuesday hours in wake of tornado.
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Democrats: Judge extends Tennessee voting in storm-hit area
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has extended voting hours in a Nashville-area county after four Democratic presidential candidates sued to keep Super Tuesday polls open after tornado damage there, a Democratic party …
Trump campaign sues Washington Post, claims defamation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday sued the The Washington Post, alleging defamation in two opinion articles published last year that it said falsely claimed the campaign conspired with …
Tornadoes, virus fears disrupt voting in some states
Deadly tornadoes knocked out polling places in Tennessee while fears over the coronavirus left some polling places in California and Texas short of election workers as Super Tuesday voting was underway around the c…
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Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
VoteCast: Calls for change divide voters in two swing states
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, Massachusetts, North Carolina and V…
Police: Accused syringe attacker had semen-filled needles
CHURCHTON, Md. (AP) — A man accused of stabbing a woman with a syringe at a Maryland grocery store will be tested for blood-borne viruses after authorities found syringes in his car filled with semen.