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Updated 2 weeks, 1 day 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
Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

PHOENIX (AP) — Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise outside a state office in a lar…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Nevada caucus participation rate similar to 2016

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Illegal net snares humpback in endangered porpoise refuge

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescuers in Mexico were partially able to free a humpback whale that became entangled in a fishing net illegally set inside a refuge for the critically endangered vaquita porpoise in the upper Gu…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
German police say dozens injured, several seriously when car drives into Carnival parade

BERLIN (AP) — German police say dozens injured, several seriously when car drives into Carnival parade.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Prosecutors seek pilot's arrest over Istanbul airport crash

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors on Monday requested the arrest of the pilot of a plane that crashed at an Istanbul airport killing three passengers, on possible charges of "involuntary manslaughter and ca…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Mars lander confirms quakes, even aftershocks on red planet

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest Mars lander has confirmed that quakes and even aftershocks are regularly jolting the red planet.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Crews battle fire in park close to Appalachian Trail, I-80

HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day Monday in a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstat…

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Haiti says soldier died of wounds after shootout with police

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Haitian Ministry of Defense said Monday that a soldier has died from wounds suffered during an exchange of gunfire with police officers protesting outside army headquarters.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Man accused in cruise ship death to face Puerto Rico judge

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An Indiana man accused of dropping his granddaughter from an 11th floor window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year declined his right to a jury trial on Monday.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Albanian president sues justice minister, 2 top officials

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's president on Monday sued the justice minister and two top officials for violating the constitution, the latest step he has taken against the left-wing Socialist Party government he …

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Car hits crowd at Carnival in German town; several injured

BERLIN (AP) — A car slammed into a crowd at a Carnival procession in a German town on Monday, injuring several people, police said. The driver was arrested, but a cause for the crash wasn't given.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
White House readying coronavirus response request

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is readying an urgent budget request to address the

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
Crews battle fire in Delaware Water Gap recreation area

HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies battled a forest fire for a second day early Monday in a popular hiking area near the Pennsylvania border.

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Harry Reid defends Nevada voting process

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 6 years, 7 months ago
The Latest: Steyer suggests Sanders can't unify Democrats

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the