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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 …
Baltimore police still investigating how 2 officers got shot
BALTIMORE (AP) — Police in Baltimore are still investigating how two officers were shot and wounded during a confrontation that left an attempted-murder suspect from Pennsylvania dead, the department said in a stat…
60-day law license suspension suggested for Indiana AG
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 60-day law license suspension is being recommended for Indiana’s attorney general after allegations that he grabbed the buttocks of a female state legislator and inappropriately touched three …
Unrepentant Trump ignores Barr's plea to back off tweeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unbowed by a public rebuke from his attorney general, President Donald Trump on Friday declared he has the "legal right" to intervene in criminal cases and sidestep the Justice Department's histor…
In Nevada, Klobuchar's shifts on immigration under scrutiny
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar says she no longer believes English should be the national language of the U.S., disavowing a vote she took more than a decade ago as she tries to bu…
Bond denied for 2 men linked to white supremacist group
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Bond was denied Friday for two Georgia men who authorities say are linked to a violent white supremacist group known as The Base.
US prosecutors end old terror case against California man
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — One of the nation's highest profile post-9/11 terrorism cases fully unraveled Friday, with federal prosecutors saying they won’t pursue charges after a judge last year overturned the convic…
Correction: Sanctuary Policy Ban story
PHOENIX (AP) — In a story Feb. 13, 2020, about an Arizona sanctuary city ban proposal, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of an organization opposed to the measure. It is Living United for Change in…
US prosecutors end high profile anti-terrorism case in California after judge overturns conviction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — US prosecutors end high profile anti-terrorism case in California after judge overturns conviction.
Hurricanes prompt Spirit to move operations control center
MIAMI (AP) — Spirit Airlines is moving its operations control center from South Florida to just outside Nashville, Tennessee, after recent hurricanes forced the low-cost carrier to temporarily move some staff durin…
Mother of 3 kids killed in bus stop crash avoids charges
ROCHESTER, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana mother of three children killed as they were crossing a rural, two-lane highway to get on a school bus will not face charges for attacking the driver who had just been sent…
Authorities: Man charged after puppy found hanged in tree
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — A man accused of hanging a puppy from a tree because he didn't have a gun to kill it has been charged with animal cruelty, authorities said Friday.
Parkland widow renovates home, preserves memories
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Debbi Hixon was a bundle of nerves waiting to see the 10-day makeover that had transformed her home. She wasn't concerned about the new kitchen counters or paint colors; the Parkland shooting…
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…
Oklahoma professor who used slur to step down, get training
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A University of Oklahoma journalism professor who used a racial slur during a class lecture will step down from teaching the course for the rest of the semester and undergo racial sensitivity t…
Teen kidnapped by teacher settles suit with school for $650K
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lawsuit has been settled between a Tennessee school district and a former student who was kidnapped by a teacher when she was 15.