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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 …
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Judge rules Oklahoma transgender inmate lawsuit can proceed
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A transgender inmate can sue the state of Oklahoma and prison officials who she says stopped her hormone therapy because they thought she was faking her gender identity, a federal judge has rule…
W.Va. governor denies racism over 'thugs' basketball comment
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said it's absurd to accuse him of racism for calling a high school girls basketball team “thugs" after a scuffle broke out at a game.
South Dakota tribes speak against 'riot-boosting' penalties
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Native American groups opposed to the Keystone XL oil pipeline told South Dakota lawmakers Wednesday that Gov. Kristi Noem's plan to restore criminal penalties for urging riots would result in p…
The Latest: Biden raises about $4M since lackluster caucuses
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After New Hampshire surge, Klobuchar turns to Nevada, beyond
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — It took a year of campaigning, countless stump speeches and an especially strong night on the debate stage for little-known Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar to break into the top t…
Wanted man pulls over after sheriff calls during pursuit
The pursuit of a wanted man by New Mexico deputies ended after he called his mother and then got a call from the sheriff — another one of his relatives — who urged him to surrender.
Suspect killed in Baltimore shooting was former state corrections official under investigation, governor says
BALTIMORE (AP) — Suspect killed in Baltimore shooting was former state corrections official under investigation, governor says.
Dan David Prize announces 2020 laureates
JERUSALEM (AP) — Secretary of the Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch III and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, a professor of Jewish studies who played a leading role in the launch of a museum dedicated to the history of Pol…
The 'lowest thing': Woman sent to prison for adoption fraud
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan woman who broke the hearts and emptied the wallets of couples anxious to adopt babies was sentenced to 21 months in prison Wednesday after acknowledging that she faked her own pregnancy an…
Argentina and IMF discuss debt in shadow of 2001 crisis
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has been here before: recession, growing poverty, high inflation, billions of dollars in debt, a looming deadline for repayment and simmering anger toward the International …
Baltimore shooting leaves 2 officers wounded; suspect dead
BALTIMORE (AP) — A shooting at a Baltimore apartment complex Wednesday ended with the death of a former state corrections official who had been under investigation and the wounding of two fugitive task force office…
The Latest: Biden raises $4M since lackluster Iowa caucuses
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Man charged in Walmart shooting appears in federal court
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Lawyers for the suspect in a shooting at a Walmart in Texas that killed 22 people waived a federal bond hearing and the reading of the indictment Wednesday, as survivors of the attack teared u…
DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for helping drug traffickers
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal narcotics agent was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for his role in a decade-long drug conspiracy that involved the smuggling of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Puerto R…