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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 …
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's viral spin; Sanders' delegates flip
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has not proved to be the bearer of reliable information when calamity threatens and people want straight answers about it. That's happening again as he addresses the prospec…
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Moments before Mike Bloomberg stood in the pulpit of Brown Chapel AME Church, the pastor noted that the former New York mayor initially declined an invitation to speak at the church where, 55 yea…
Inside the final month of Buttigieg's historic campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — He opened February by sharing victory with one of the Democratic Party's best-known figures and ended it with a humbling defeat at the hands of another. Yet Pete Buttigieg's unlikely path over the…
Asia shares bounce back as BOJ promises support for economy
BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices in Asia bounced back Monday from last week's retreat, with mainland Chinese indexes gaining more than 3% as data showed progress in restoring factory output after weeks of disruptions fr…
Filipino police ring mall after gunshots send shoppers out
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police on Monday surrounded a shopping mall in an upscale district in Manila after gunshots rang out inside and sent shoppers rushing out in panic.
A clinic prepares for Supreme Court abortion fight
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Hope Medical Group for Women in northern Louisiana fields phone calls every day from anxious pregnant women who ask if abortion is still legal and if the clinic, one of only three that pr…
Friends say Tijuana woman was stalked even after death
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man was obsessed with Marbella Valdez. He sent her gifts, bought food for her friends. Prosecutors say he even planted a tracking device on her car.
Face off: Netanyahu, Gantz duel in 3rd Israeli election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's long-serving ruler Benjamin Netanyahu faces off against former army chief Benny Gantz on Monday in the country's third parliamentary elections in under 12 months. The battle between Netany…
New virus: Nearly 89,000 infected, over 3,000 dead
A new virus first detected in China has infected nearly 89,000 people globally and caused more than 3,000 deaths. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year…
Heavily armed Philippine police have entered a shopping mall in Manila after shots were fired inside the complex
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Heavily armed Philippine police have entered a shopping mall in Manila after shots were fired inside the complex.
Israelis vote in 3rd election in a year focused on Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis began voting Monday in the country's unprecedented third election in less than a year to decide whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power despite his upcoming crimi…
Voting begins as Israel holds elections for third time in under a year.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Voting begins as Israel holds elections for third time in under a year.
AP Explains: Israel's upcoming vote, its 3rd in under a year
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is holding its third election in less than a year on Monday, with over 6.4 million eligible voters set to cast their ballots for the 23rd Knesset, or parliament. With the actors all the same…
Shares come charging back despite growing fallout from virus
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares came charging back Monday from last week's retreat, with mainland Chinese benchmarks gaining 3% as data showed progress in restoring factory output after weeks of disruptions from the vi…
Nicaragua refugee farmers carve out existence in Costa Rica
UPALA, Costa Rica (AP) — In Costa Rica's rural north, several hundred Nicaraguan refugees are carving out an existence with machetes and a firm belief that they could be jailed or killed if they return too soon to …