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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 …
Ohio teen accused of planning explosion at school indicted
CLEVELAND (AP) — A teenager who planned to set off an explosive device at an Ohio high school and called police about a hoax hostage situation at a Kansas elementary school has been indicted on federal charges, p…
Wind delays Northrop Grumman's supply run to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — High wind delayed Northrop Grumman's supply run to the International Space Station on Friday.
Police arrest 2 teenagers in killing of 2 boys in California
UNION CITY, Calif. (AP) — Two teenage gang members have been arrested and charged in the November killings of two boys that stunned a San Francisco Bay Area community, authorities announced Friday.
Groups challenge Louisiana permits for plastics plant
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US stock indexes edge lower, head for weekly gains
Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes lower in afternoon trading Friday, erasing modest early gains.
Freezing temperatures in Syria's Idlib compounds crisis
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…
US travel ban for Sri Lanka army chief in hospital shelling
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday issued a travel ban Sri Lanka's army chief, saying there is “credible information of his involvement” in human rights violations during the final phase of the…
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Jury chosen in trial of man charged with killing 8 people
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — Opening arguments are set for Saturday in the death penalty case of a Mississippi man accused of killing eight people.
US won't charge ex-FBI official McCabe, a Trump target
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Donald Trump's ire lied to federal offi…
Pretrial appeal further slows Georgia missing teacher case
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's highest court has granted a pretrial appeal to a man charged with the 2005 slaying of a high school teacher whose disappearance remained a mystery for more than a decade.
Egypt confirms first case of new virus
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Health Ministry has confirmed the first case of the new virus in the North African country.
Mom of Missouri inmate killed in jail attack settles for $5M
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a Missouri county jail inmate who died after another inmate attacked him for nearly 20 minutes in view of surveillance cameras settled a lawsuit for $5 million.
Virus cases rise as experts question China's numbers
BEIJING (AP) — Infections and deaths from the new virus in China ballooned for a second straight day Friday, on paper at least, as officials near the epicenter of the outbreak struggled to keep up with a backlog of…
After federal rollback, Virginia offers new bird protections
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials announced plans Friday to create new habitat for about 25,000 seabirds after their nesting grounds were paved for a state tunnel expansion project — a case that highlighted w…