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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 …
Democrats focus on Super Tuesday even as S. Carolina looms
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days. Elizabeth Warren will make stops in Texas and Arkansas. Amy Klobuchar will be in Tennessee an…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Wall Street has worst week since 2008 as S&P 500 drops 11.5%
Maryland police officer won't be charged in fatal shooting
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Criminal charges will not be filed against a police officer in Maryland who fatally shot a man accused of threatening to hurt himself and others.
Scars of violence haunt India's capital after deadly riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities for months in anger that finally boiled over in the worst communal rioting in New Delhi in decad…
Moderate Democrats woo Utah Republicans turned off by Trump
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates like to boast about their ability to lure away disaffected Republican voters. If there’s a place to test their skills, it’s Utah.
Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death.
Nigeria announces first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria announces first confirmed case of new coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Wall Street has worst week since 2008 as S&P 500 drops 11.5%
Turkey raises death toll to 33 troops in Syrian airstrike
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey on Friday raised the death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria the previous night to 33 Turkish troops, the highest number of Turkish soldiers ki…
NATO to meet after 33 Turkish troops killed in Syria
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ambassadors from the NATO military alliance are holding emergency talks Friday at the request of Turkey following the killing of 33 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria,
Texas man sentenced to death for killing officer, friend
MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man was sentenced to death late Thursday for the 2018 killings of a Dallas-area police officer and another man.
New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that caus…
Afghans view US-Taliban deal with well-earned skepticism
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Many Afghans view Saturday's expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism. They've spent decades living in a country at war — some their whole …
UN agency says 35 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
CAIRO (AP) — A commercial ship has rescued 35 Europe-bound migrants off Libya's Mediterranean coast and returned them to the capital, Tripoli, the U.N. migration agency said.