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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 …
Bloomberg says contested convention 'only way I can win'
MIAMI (AP) — Mike Bloomberg acknowledged Tuesday he’s aiming for what some Democrats say would be the party’s worst nightmare: A contested convention.
Florida Senate OKs compensation for former death row inmate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida death row inmate imprisoned nearly 43 years for a crime authorities now say he didn't commit would collect more than $2 million in compensation under a bill passed Tuesday …
Report: Recoverer of airmen's remains under investigation
MARYSVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An Arizona mountaineer is under federal investigation after an expedition to the Himalayas to recover the remains of the crew of a B-25 bomber shot down in World War II, a newspaper reported.
US prosecutors tie Honduras president to drug trafficker
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that Honduras' president met a drug trafficker around 2013 and took $25,000 in exchange for protecting the trafficker from law enforcement.
Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE (AP) — Tensions over how to contain the coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing …
Trump says he spoke to Taliban leader, had 'good talk'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he spoke Tuesday with the leader of the Taliban, days after the United States and the Taliban signed an agreement that calls for the withdrawal of American troops from …
The Latest: Washington state reports 7th death from virus
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Surprise cut from Fed fails to stem the stock market's dread
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling sharply on Wall Street Tuesday after an emergency interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve failed to wipe out fears that a fast-spreading
Wisconsin hosts the largest dairy competition in the world
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The largest cheese, butter and yogurt competition in the world started Tuesday in Wisconsin, with a record 3,667 entries from 26 nations.
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VA sued over veteran's death from wrongful insulin injection
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A woman is suing the federal government over the 2018 death of her father from a wrongful insulin injection at a West Virginia veterans hospital.
2012 Wisconsin temple shooting survivor succumbs to wounds
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A survivor of a shooting at a suburban Milwaukee Sikh temple that killed six worshipers in 2012 has died of complications stemming from a bullet wound to his head.
The Latest: Biden surrogate takes aim at Bloomberg
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on the
Norway clears cruise passengers after 2 tested for virus
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Passengers on a German cruise ship moored in southern Norway received clearance to come out of a 24-hour quarantine after two of them tested negative for the coronavirus, Norwegian offici…
Netanyahu's future still uncertain after Israeli election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future remained up in the air Tuesday as preliminary results and exit polls from Israel's third election in under a year indicated the embattled leader…