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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 …
Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor
CHICAGO (AP) — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago's top law enforcement job and potentially alter the trajectory of a p…
Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she was 12, manipulating Bible passages to convince her the mist…
Prepping straw bedding for dogs signals Iditarod is near
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Volunteers slung bales of hay onto a table Thursday, where they were swiftly stuffed inside blue plastic bags, twirled and shut with twist ties before being dragged off to waiting pallets.
Cruise ship passengers once stranded at sea begin disembarking in Cambodia; PM Hun Sen hands out flowers to welcome them
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia (AP) — Cruise ship passengers once stranded at sea begin disembarking in Cambodia; PM Hun Sen hands out flowers to welcome them.
Rebuffed in Bismarck, Thunberg mural likely headed to Fargo
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A former Fargo city commissioner said Thursday he is spearheading plans to bring a mural honoring Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg to the eastern North Dakota city, after an arrangement by…
Smollett case could complicate career of top prosecutor
CHICAGO (AP) — The decision by a grand jury to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago's top law enforcement job and potentially alter the t…
Iowa school district settles in fatal 2017 school bus fire
OAKLAND, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa school district has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount in a settlement to the family of 16-year-old girl who died in a 2017 school bus fire that also killed the 74-year-old bus …
1 year after Illinois shooting, police push gun-fee hike
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — In the year since five workers died in a suburban Chicago warehouse shooting, state officials have beefed up illegal firearms enforcement efforts, including the first-ever operations by sta…
More than 1,000 gather in Richmond to oppose abortion bills
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More than 1,000 people rallied at the Virginia Capitol on Thursday, protesting legislation advancing in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly that would ease restrictions on abortion acces…
Florida probes domestic violence agency that paid CEO $750K
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday ordered an investigation into a nonprofit domestic abuse agency whose CEO had received $7.5 million in compensation over a three-year span.
Democrats step up attacks to blunt Michael Bloomberg's rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Michael Bloomberg on Thursday, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into…
Syria says defenses engaged 'hostile targets' over capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s air defenses engaged “hostile targets” over the capital of Damascus, state-run media said late Thursday.
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Smollett case could jeopardize career of top prosecutor
CHICAGO (AP) — The decision by a grand jury to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago's top law enforcement job and potentially alter the t…