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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 …
Police find 24 decomposed bodies at house in western Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in western Mexico said Thursday that the arrest of a criminal gang led to the discovery of a house that had been used to dispose of 24 bodies.
Lawyer claims Italy can't charge captain in Libya arms case
ROME (AP) — A lawyer for the captain of a cargo ship jailed in Italy for allegedly transporting embargoed armaments to Libya contended on Thursday that there are no legal grounds for a case against his client in It…
Oklahoma police lieutenant to stand trial in fatal shooting
PERRY, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma police lieutenant has been ordered to stand trial on a first-degree manslaughter charge for killing a woman who shot at other drivers, including another police officer.
Ukraine happy impeachment is over, wants to advance US ties
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine is happy that impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, which the country got dragged into, are over and it now wants to “advance" relations with the United States, Ukrai…
Abuse survivors seek more progress 1 year after papal summit
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Survivors of church sex abuse have descended on Rome this week, marking the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ summit of church leaders on preventing abuse with calls for more accountability and…
Mexican suspect once lived with dead girl's family
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman who allegedly took a seven-year-old girl away from school to be killed may have lived with the girl's family for a while in Mexico City to escape domestic violence.
Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean
CAIRO (AP) — A rubber dinghy packed with 91 migrants that set out from Libyan shores in hopes of reaching Europe has apparently gone missing in the Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Thursday.
Texas plans to close 2 state prisons amid population decline
DALLAS (AP) — Texas will close two of its more than 100 state prisons amid a yearslong decline in the incarcerated population and serious understaffing at some facilities, officials said Thursday.
Ukrainians clash with police to block evacuees from China
NOVI SANZHARY, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's effort to quarantine more than 70 people evacuated from China over the new virus outbreak plunged into chaos Thursday as local residents opposing the move engaged in violent …
A diminished Victoria's Secret sold as women look elsewhere
NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria's Secret, which once defined sexy with its leggy supermodels prancing around in their bras and oversized angel wings, is being sold, its fortunes diminished as women increasingly look for s…
In rough US flu season for kids, vaccine working OK so far
NEW YORK (AP) — It may end up being a bad flu season for kids, but early signs suggest the vaccine is working OK.
6th person claims sexual abuse by late U. of Michigan doctor
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) — A sixth person has accused a late University of Michigan physician of sexual abuse, and the university said Thursday it received more than 20 calls to a hotline within a day of announcing…
Germany's immigrant community in Hanau reeling after attack
HANAU, Germany (AP) — In the German town of Hanau, a longtime immigrant destination with decades of coexistence between people of different origins, residents were left with the fear Thursday that their community w…
Portugal’s parliament votes to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people
LISBON (AP) — Portugal’s parliament votes to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people.
Sudanese activists say security forces fire tear gas at them
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese pro-democracy activists said the country's security forces fired tear gas Thursday at hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum.