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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 …
Holding-cell stats raise questions about Trump asylum policy
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Many U.S. holding cells along the Mexican border were less than half-full, even empty, during an unprecedented surge of asylum-seeking families from Central America, newly unsealed court documents …
Limbaugh draws bipartisan condemnation for Buttigieg remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh drew bipartisan condemnation Thursday for saying the country won't elect Pete Buttigieg president because he's been “kissing his husband" on stage after d…
Judge: Kansas City officer justified in death of unarmed man
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri police officer used reasonable force when he fatally shot an unarmed man in 2013 because the officer believed the man was armed and posed a threat, a federal judge determined.
State urges judges to uphold felon name change restrictions
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A lawyer with the Pennsylvania attorney general's office told a panel of judges Thursday to uphold a state law that bars some convicted felons from legally changing their names, in a case brought …
Attorney General Bill Barr takes swipe at Trump, says tweets about Justice Dept. cases make it 'impossible' to do job
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Bill Barr takes swipe at Trump, says tweets about Justice Dept. cases make it 'impossible' to do job.
Nevada's Culinary Union will not endorse in Democratic race
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Culinary Union, the most influential union in Nevada politics, has decided to stay out of the state's Democratic presidential caucuses, denying candidates who aggressively courted the group fro…
Over 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…
Sudan seeks to end terror designation in USS Cole settlement
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's transitional government said Thursday it has reached a settlement with families of the victims of the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, a key step in having the U.S. remove Sudan from its l…
Review finds violations by ex-Missouri governor's campaign
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — An ethics investigation found “probable cause” Thursday that disgraced former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' campaign broke the law by not reporting that it cooperated with a political action com…
Teacher investigated for telling students to act as slaves
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school district is investigating a teacher's history lesson that had students pretend to be slaves, officials said.
Panama recaptures man convicted in murder of students
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian police on Thursday recaptured a Dominican man convicted of kidnapping and murdering five young people of Chinese descent, two weeks after he escaped prison for a second time.
Grandparents, uncle charged in beating death of 12-year-old
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The grandparents of a 12-year-old boy who was beaten to death in West Yellowstone were charged Thursday with deliberate homicide along with the victim's 14-year-old uncle.
Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor
BALTIMORE (AP) — Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children's books.
South Africa seeks more renewable energy amid power cuts
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president said Thursday the coal-dependent country will turn to more renewable energy as one way to help ease power cuts that have “severely set back” efforts to rebuild the weak …
2 teens charged in singer's death will be tried as adults
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two teenagers accused of fatally shooting a Tennessee musician during an attempted robbery will be charged as adults, attorneys in the case confirmed Thursday.