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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 …
France announces 1st death in Europe of virus patient
PARIS (AP) — France's health minister on Saturday announced the first coronavirus death in Europe, an 80-year-old Chinese tourist who other French authorities say was initially turned away from two French hospitals…
South Sudan appears to clear key hurdle to unity government
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's rival leaders on Saturday appeared to clear a major hurdle with just a week left before the deadline to form a coalition government, with the president announcing a “painful” …
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Cambodia gets more praise for allowing cruise ship to dock
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — The cruise ship that was allowed to dock in Cambodia after being turned away at five other ports by authorities fearful of the spread of the deadly new virus from China disembarked pa…
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6 wounded in shooting at Chicago apartment complex
CHICAGO (AP) — Six people, including three minors, were wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex on Chicago's South Side, police said.
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Sheriff: Texas man accused of hanging puppy `out of boredom'
MONTE ALTO, Texas (AP) — A Texas man accused of hanging a small puppy by the neck from a tree and posting a video on Facebook told deputies that he was acting “out of boredom,” a sheriff said.
US Embassy: Americans aboard quarantined ship to fly home
TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined cruise ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday.
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New virus cases fall; Xi urged steps as early as Jan. 7
Freezing weather compounds crisis for displaced in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A military offensive on an opposition-controlled region of northwestern Syria has created one of the worst catastrophes for civilians in the country's long-running war, sending hundreds of thousands o…
Feds: Florida doctor stole $26M to fund political ambition
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida vascular surgeon bilked the government and health insurers of more than $26 million to possibly finance his political ambitions in his native country of Ghana, federal authorities…
New virus has infected more than 67,000 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 67,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that caus…
Trial beginning for Mississippi man charged in killing of 8
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — Opening arguments are set for Saturday in the death penalty trial of a man accused of killing eight people in Mississippi in May 2017.
FAA allows US civilian flights to resume over Persian Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday that American civilian flights can resume operations over much of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman region, loosening re…