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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 …
Chinese woman who fled Mar-a-Lago gets 6 months
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese woman convicted of resisting arrest after she was chased from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort was sentenced Friday to six months in jail.
Boston Uighur woman champions her father’s release in China
BOSTON (RNS) — Samira Imin can’t stop thinking about the times her father took her horseback riding.
US murder suspect went undetected in Italy for 2 weeks
ROME (AP) — An American woman wanted in her husband's 2002 murder was able to stay at the Rome hotel where she was arrested for nearly two weeks before an international arrest warrant turned up in the system identi…
Chicago teacher removed during probe of 'go back' anthem row
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago teacher accused of telling a Hispanic student she should go back to her own country after she refused to stand for the national anthem has been removed from the classroom while district off…
Mississippi inmate with broken arm waits weeks for a cast
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As the Justice Department investigates deaths and violence in the Mississippi prison system, one inmate had to wait about a month to get a cast on his arm that was broken during a prison riot,…
US closes case against ex-FBI boss McCabe with no charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media discl…
Go West: 2020 Democrats seek their fortunes in Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — As the Democratic presidential race hurtles toward Nevada, candidates in the still-crowded field are jumping into their first test in a racially diverse state with solid union muscle and shaky plan…
Speaker: Vote on medical marijuana bill possible next week
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Medical marijuana is getting a serious look in the Kentucky legislature.
Venezuelan president says arrest of Juan Guaidó "will come"
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro said Friday that Venezuelan authorities haven't detained opposition leader Juan Guaidó because the courts haven’t ordered it, but he warned: “It will come.”
Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids
NEW YORK (AP) — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade.
Man pleads not guilty in deadly California bus shooting
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire aboard a Greyhound bus traveling through California has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder.
Ex-Baltimore mayor seeks prison sentence of 1 year and 1 day
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's disgraced former mayor is asking a judge for a sentence one year and one day in prison for a scheme that involved the sale of her self-published children's books. Prosecutors recently
Elderly, halfhearted Florida bank robber won't be jailed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 74-year-old Florida man whose halfhearted attempt at bank robbery was caused by depression after his wife's death will not spend any time in jail, it was announced Friday.
Justice Dept. closes case against ex-FBI official McCabe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media discl…
Evidence in trash can links dead neighbor to missing SC girl
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Investigators found a man dead inside his South Carolina home shortly after finding an item from a missing 6-year-old girl who lived in his neighborhood inside his trash can, authorities said.