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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 …
UK issues severe flood warnings; storm injures 9 in Germany
LONDON (AP) — Britain issued severe flood alerts Monday, warning of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks' worth of rain in some places. One woman swept away by the floodwaters was feared dead.
US judge dismisses lawsuit over transgender pronoun dispute
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — A judge dismissed a professor's lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student's preferred gender terms.
Russian defense minister visits Serbia amid Balkan tensions
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Russian military cooperation with Serbia has reached a “fundamentally” new level, Russia’s defense minister said Monday as he visited his Balkan ally amid rising tensions in the volatile reg…
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Televangelist, ex-pastor settle lawsuit alleging sex abuse
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A confidential settlement was reached in a former Ohio megachurch pastor's lawsuit alleging televangelist Ernest Angley sexually abused and harassed him over a decade, starting in 2004.
Ex-South African leader de Klerk sorry for apartheid comment
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African president FW de Klerk on Monday apologized and withdrew his statement that the country's former harsh system of racial separation known as apartheid was not a crime against …
Quarantine ruling: Russia sends woman back after she escapes
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday ordered a woman who escaped from a virus quarantine to return back to the hospital she fled and stay under quarantine for at least two more days. The ruling underlined the ch…
With 'Mother Nature in charge,' dams unleash floodwaters
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Days and days of heavy rain have created a dilemma for authorities managing dams along swollen rivers in Mississippi and Tennessee. The water has to be released eventually, worsening the flood…
Virginia governor's push to ban sales of assault weapons fails as moderate Democrats balk in state Senate
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia governor's push to ban sales of assault weapons fails as moderate Democrats balk in state Senate.
Virginia lawmakers reject assault weapon ban
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed on Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal.
Suicide bomber in SW Pakistan kills 8 at Islamist rally
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful suicide bombing killed eight people and wounded 16 others in Pakistan's restive Baluchistan province on Monday, local police said, when it struck an Islamist rally in the regional…
Women in politics: Theresa May recounts 'sticky tape' moment
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that early on in her political career, she vowed never to think that being a woman held her back.
Largest mass graves uncovered in Burundi with 6,000 bodies
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Burundi say they have opened six mass graves containing more than 6,000 bodies from unrest that occurred decades ago, the largest such discovery in years of work.
Suspect in Norway mosque attack charged with terror
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque with firearms “with the intention to kill as many Muslims as possible” was formally charged Monday wit…