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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 …
Stocks rise sharply as traders hope for central bank action
Stocks are rising sharply on Wall Street Monday as traders hope that central banks will take action to help shelter the global economy from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Latest: Ex-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid backs Biden
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UN envoy for Libya resigns as truce appears to crumble
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Libya announced his resignation on Monday, as a fragile cease-fire in the North African country continued to crumble.
U.S. death toll climbs to 6 as viral crisis eases in China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. climbed to six Monday and the disease spread to ever more countries and world capitals, even as new cases in China dropped to their lowest l…
Refugee life: Nicaraguan graphic designer becomes pig farmer
UPALA, Costa Rica (AP) — In northern Costa Rica, a Nicaraguan refugee forced by circumstances to give up his life as a student and graphic designer now spends his days caressing and talking to pigs to keep them cal…
W.Va. governor signs 'born alive' abortion bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday signed a proposal to penalize physicians who don't provide medical care to a child born after an abortion, a largely symbolic measure due to existin…
LA prosecutor sorry husband aimed gun at protesters at home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first black woman to lead the largest local prosecutor's office in the U.S. apologized for her husband pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter demonstrators who came to their Los Angeles home be…
Putin's new amendments revere God, ban same sex marriages
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday submitted a slew of new proposed amendments to the country's Constitution that include a mention of God and describe marriage as a heterosexual union.
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Washington state health officials announce 3 new virus deaths, bringing total to 5 in state and US
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state health officials announce 3 new virus deaths, bringing total to 5 in state and US.
Health officials in Washington state report 5 virus deaths
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Mississippi man appeals death sentence in girl's slaying
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for a Mississippi man who admitted killing a 12-year-old girl by shooting her four times and slitting her throat gave an appellate panel multiple reasons on Monday to reverse his death se…
Authorities confirm New Hampshire's 1st case of coronavirus
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hospital employee who recently traveled to Italy is the first person in New Hampshire to test positive for the new coronavirus, state officials said Monday.
The Latest: Congress working on bipartisan emergency measure
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Snowy Wyoming highway pileup kills 3, injures dozens
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — At least three people died and dozens were injured in a pileup involving more than 100 vehicles amid blowing snow that closed part of Interstate 80 in Wyoming, officials said Monday.