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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 …
PP-GOP-Delg-All,100
2,211 of 2,281 precincts - 97 percent
Israeli exit polls: Netanyahu ahead, but short of majority
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced an uncertain path to staying in office on Tuesday, even as preliminary results showed his Likud party pulling ahead of its opponents in th…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 3rd Add,400
Burke +- Castro +- De La Fuent +- Delaney +-
S Carolina mulls electric chair as only option for condemned
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina once had one of the county's highest rates of execution, even putting two prisoners to death in one night.
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2,211 of 2,281 precincts - 97 percent
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 6 Takes,450
State Trump +- Weld +- Ardini +- Boddie +-
California braces for long lines at Super Tuesday primary
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in California are bracing for long lines and urging patience as voters cast ballots on “Super Tuesday” in what could be record turnout for a presidential primary election.
Governor, US Senate, House seats nominations fill NC ballots
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina voters were deciding on Super Tuesday which Democrat they believe can unseat Sen. Thom Tillis and whether the current GOP lieutenant governor is the one best suited to oust Gov. …
S Carolina mulls electric chair as only option for condemned
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina once had one of the county's highest rates of execution, even putting two prisoners to death in one night.
Sessions in showdown to reclaim his old Alabama Senate seat
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will try to beat back a slate of aggressive competitors in Tuesday's Alabama Republican Senate primary, a test how much President Donald Trump's past ce…
US peace deal leaves Afghans to determine post-war landscape
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Now that the U.S. has signed a deal with the Taliban to eventually leave Afghanistan, it will soon be up to Afghans on both sides of the conflict to decide what peace will look like.
Virus alarms sound worldwide, but China sees crisis ebbing
BEIJING (AP) — Iranians hoarded medical supplies, Italians urged doctors out of retirement and South Koreans prepared to pump billions into relief efforts Tuesday as the virus epidemic firmed its hold around the gl…
Court considers whether men-only draft is constitutional
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Weeks before a government commission weighs in on the subject, federal appeals court judges will consider whether the military's all-male draft system is constitutional.
Nepal's prime minister in hospital to get kidney transplant
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's popular communist prime minister is in the hospital awaiting his second kidney transplant after months of illness.
Australia cuts rate to record low 0.5% to fight virus impact
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.5% in response to the economic shock of the new coronavirus.