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Updated 3 weeks ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
No autopsies performed on Tennessee's electrocutions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has not performed autopsies on the four death row inmates who

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Bombardier completes its exit of commercial aviation

MONTREAL (AP) — Bombardier Inc.said Thursday it is completing its exit from commercial aviation by selling its remaining stake in the A220 jetliner for nearly $600 million.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Pittsburgh-area official makes deal in Detroit incident

DETROIT (AP) — A Pittsburgh-area official accused of obstructing police at a Detroit hotel pleaded no contest Thursday to disturbing the peace and was placed on probation, prosecutors said.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Man convicted in parking lot shooting attacked in prison

MIAMI (AP) — The man who was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man during a parking lot dispute was attacked in

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Russia: New constitutional changes suggested with Putin's

MOSCOW (AP) — A meeting Thursday chaired by President Vladimir Putin on amending the Russian Constitution featured proposed changes on a variety of topics, ranging from the protection of traditional values to the c…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Gay Missouri cop to finish career on 'my terms' after suit

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County police lieutenant who was passed over for promotion 23 times said he has no plans to leave the department after he settled a discrimination lawsuit for $10.25 million.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
US woman wanted for husband's 2002 death arrested in Rome

ROME (AP) — An American woman wanted in the 2002 death of her husband, whose remains were so badly burned they weren’t identified for more than a decade, was arrested in Rome after a multinational search, police sa…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Shootout inside Walmart store in Alabama leaves 2 dead

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Two men shot each other and died after an argument inside an Alabama Walmart store, police said Thursday.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Spain disputes tech show was canceled for health motives

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Organizers of the world’s biggest mobile technology fair insisted Thursday that they canceled the annual Mobile World Congress due to health and safety concerns over the virus outbreak in Ch…

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Man in court over killing of N Ireland journalist Lyra McKee

LONDON (AP) — A 52-year-old man appeared in court Thursday in Northern Ireland in connection with the killing of Lyra McKee, a journalist shot dead during a riot involving Irish Republican Army dissidents last year.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Longest-serving federal judge, named by LBJ, retires at 98

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City who was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson and who contributed to the landmark case that struck down racial segregation in public schools is retiring at age 98.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
US announces 15th virus case, this one in Texas evacuee

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. officials on Thursday announced the country's 15th confirmed case of the new coronavirus — an evacuee from China who had been under quarantine in Texas.

Updated 6 years, 8 months ago
Detective recovering after shooting at Arkansas Walmart

FORREST CITY, Ark. (AP) — About 100 people attended a community prayer service in the eastern Arkansas city where two police officers were