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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 …
Malawi expected to see fresh presidential election in May
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Malawi is expected to go to the polls for a fresh presidential election on May 19 after a court overturned last year’s vote, citing widespread irregularities.
North Carolina troopers tackle suspect in middle of highway
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina troopers tackled a man to the ground in the middle of a highway on Monday after he walked into morning rush hour traffic and threatened to pull out a gun, according to authoritie…
Police shoot man who killed 1 at Missouri community center
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — A part-time janitor killed a co-worker at a crowded suburban St. Louis community center before he was shot and seriously wounded by a police officer, authorities said Tuesday.
Greece looks to France for post-bailout investment drive
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said his government is backing Greece's request to make emergency spending on the migrant crisis exempt from official fiscal calculations.
New virus has infected over 80,000 people, killed 2,700
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 80,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that caus…
$10M judgment to stand against man acquitted in mom's death
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A judge has again ruled that a $10 million civil trial verdict holding a man responsible for his mother's death will stand although the man was acquitted after a criminal trial on a murder ch…
Dozens of HIV-positive S. African women forcibly sterilized
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A scathing new report reveals that dozens of HIV-positive women were forced or coerced into sterilization after giving birth at public hospitals in South Africa.
Another Oklahoma professor used racial slur, school says
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Another University of Oklahoma professor used a racial slur in class, the school's interim president said, marking the second time in less than two weeks that a faculty member used offensive la…
Trump returns to domestic squabbles on India trip
NEW DELHI (AP) — Returning to domestic squabbles, President Donald Trump lashed out at Supreme Court justices and his Democratic rivals on Tuesday during the second and last day of a whirlwind trip to India. Addres…
Video shows man tackling deacon during Saturday evening mass
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man was captured on surveillance video tackling a deacon who was conducting a Saturday evening service at a Florida church.
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Police say 10-year-old boy killed by school bus in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) — A 10-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus in Brooklyn on Tuesday, police said.
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'They weren't gonna make it': Worker delivers baby on I-20
BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A routine road closure for a transportation worker in Mississippi turned into the quick delivery of a baby on the interstate.
East Africa's huge locust outbreak now spreads to Congo
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency …