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Updated 2 weeks, 5 days 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, 8 months ago
Police: No injuries as gunfire exchanged in Colorado Walmart

BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — A man and a woman exchanged gunfire Tuesday inside a suburban Denver Walmart, panicking shoppers and triggering a swarming police response, police said.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Driver who hit Oklahoma runners gets 3rd manslaughter charge

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A man accused of

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
The Latest: Over 36,000 Democrats cast early votes in Nevada

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Vatican police stage new raids in London real estate case

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican police on Tuesday raided the home and office of the Vatican monsignor who signed the contracts related to a botched London real estate venture that is under investigation by Holy See pro…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Bloomberg would sell business interests if elected president

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company he created in the 1980s — which bears his name and made him a multibillionaire — if he is elected U.S. president, a top advis…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Police: Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Bloomberg finally faces foes after spending millions on ads

For Mike Bloomberg, the one way conversation with Democratic voters is about to end.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Hundreds leave California military bases after quarantine

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — Nearly 350 Americans who fled the coronavirus zone in China completed a 14-day quarantine at California military bases and were cleared to go home Tuesday, officials announced.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Group urges court to overturn Harvard admissions case ruling

BOSTON (AP) — A group that opposes affirmative action urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn a ruling that cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
UN report questions police, highlights violence in Haiti

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The United Nations issued a scathing report on Tuesday that accused Haitian police of not protecting an impoverished neighborhood from corrupt officers and gang leaders they say shot at…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Secret Service goes on the road to help curb school violence

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is taking its effort to curb school violence on the road to help thousands of educators, law enforcement personnel, mental health professionals and others learn how to identify …

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Trump to use 'big voice' to boost GOP on 4-day Western trip

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's ready to use his “big voice” to bolster Republicans' 2020 campaign hopes as he headed west for a four-day visit mixing policy and politics.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
UN-backed government in Libya says it is suspending UN-brokered talks with rivals following attack on port.

GENEVA (AP) — UN-backed government in Libya says it is suspending UN-brokered talks with rivals following attack on port.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Baylor probe clears ex-chairman of racist, sexist comments

WACO, Texas (AP) — Law firm investigators hired by Baylor University concluded the former chairman of the university's board of regents did not make racist, lewd and anti-Semitic comments during a 2014 meeting in M…