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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 …
Canadian PM Trudeau says rail blockades have to end
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday indigenous barricades that are blocking rail service across Canada and hurting the economy have to come down now.
Defense cries foul over teens charged in Italy cop killing
ROME (AP) — Defense lawyers in the case of two American teenagers accused of slaying an Italian police officer in Rome complained Friday that some of the translations of conversations intercepted in the suspects' j…
Bear that wandered yards near Los Angeles moved to forest
MONROVIA, Calif. (AP) — A big, old bear wandered a Los Angeles foothill suburb Friday, drawing curious onlookers and news media before wildlife authorities removed it.
Inmate says in letter that he killed 2 molesters in prison
CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — A California inmate serving a life sentence for murder confessed in a letter that he beat to death two child molesterswith another inmate's cane hours after a prison counselor ignored his ur…
Dominican government asks OAS to investigate e-vote failure
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Officials in the Dominican Republic announced Friday that they have asked the Organization of American States to investigate the failure of an electronic voting system some …
Looking to Nevada, will Dems avoid mistakes of Iowa?
UNDATED (AP) — Nevada Democrats are hoping to avoid a repeat of the
7 Michigan school football players to be charged in hazing
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Seven football players at a prominent all-boys Catholic high school in suburban Detroit will be charged with assault after two alleged hazing victims and witnesses came forward, police said.
Man accused in parents' deaths ordered to stand trial
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man accused of fatally shooting his parents was on Friday ordered to stand trial on two counts of first-degree murder.
Italy's virus cases more than quadruple as cluster emerges
CODOGNO, Italy (AP) — The number of people in Italy infected with the new virus from China more than quadrupled Friday due to an emerging cluster of cases in the country's north that prompted officials to order sch…
Bulgaria names 3 Russians charged in arms dealer's poisoning
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities on Friday identified three Russian nationals who have been charged in absentia over the attempted murder, by poison, of the owner of a Bulgarian arms factory and two oth…
Police settle lawsuit by protester for $50,000
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials have agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit by a sobriety checkpoint protester whose camera recorded state troopers making up what he said were bogus charges against …
Utah teacher pleads guilty in 2018 death of ex's girlfriend
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah teacher pleaded guilty Friday to murder charges in the shooting death of her ex-husband's girlfriend, who was killed in front of the former couple's 3-year-old twins.
Venezuela's Maduro taps DC firm to fight US sanctions
MIAMI (AP) — A top official for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government has hired a Washington law firm that also represents Turkey, taking over from another legal team that backed out last month following…
3 additional Iranian students challenge removal from country
BOSTON (AP) — Three more students from Iran attending New England colleges have filed civil rights complaints with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, saying they were mistreated and illegally denied entry in…
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