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Updated 1 week, 6 days ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Gun charge yields year in prison for man with neo-Nazi ties

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia man with ties to a violent neo-Nazi group was sentenced Friday to a year in prison for weapons violations after he renounced his ties to extremism.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
1 dead, 2 held after shooting near West Virginia University

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Two people were arrested in a fatal shooting at a student housing apartment complex near West Virginia University on Friday morning.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Syria

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting on the escalating conflict in Syria’s northwest Idlib region, the last major opposition stronghold in the conflict-torn country.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Pompeo jousts with Dems at hearing, 1st since impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Turkey, Russia talk on Syria as migrants rush Greek border

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Russia spoke by phone Friday to try to defuse tensions that rose significantly in Syria after 33 Turkish troops were killed in a Syrian government airstrike, and…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Wayfaring sea turtles survived cold; now pneumonia threatens

WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — A dozen sea turtles that nearly froze when they were too far north last fall as water temperatures abruptly plunged in New Jersey survived that ordeal but remain threatened by the pneumonia…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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2,281 of 2,281 precincts - 100 percent

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
BC-AP News Coverage Advisory, 10:15 Advisory

Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Former Prague Muslim leader sentenced on terror charges

PRAGUE (AP) — A Czech court on Friday convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
AP Delegate Count,100

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Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Stocks fall sharply on Wall Street; Dow Jones sinks 3.1%

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday and were on track for their worst week since October 2008 as the spreading coronavirus threatens to derail the global economy.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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1,250 of 1,765 precincts - 71 percent

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Guinea to vote Sunday on contested referendum

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea will be voting Sunday on a controversial constitutional referendum that could extend the president's rule for at least another decade and lead to deeper political violence and more dea…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
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0 of 2,261 precincts - 0 percent