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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 …
Lone door led out as fire burned Indian factory of US denim
NEW DELHI (AP) — Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blazed through fabric and machinery, officials say. Seven people…
Sanders' narrow win ups pressure on moderates to coalesce
WASHINGTON (AP) — For Bernie Sanders, not all victories are created equal.
China's Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARS
BEIJING (AP) — China's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn’t under control and cancel this year’s highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislato…
Congress wants to know if Census Bureau ready for big count
With the start of the 2020 census just a month away for most U.S. residents, Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is going to Capitol Hill to update lawmakers about the agency's readiness for the federal gove…
Inside Mike Bloomberg's big play for black voters
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A meeting with nearly 80 black pastors in Detroit. A speech before a black Democratic organization in Montgomery. A rally at a historically black university. A tour of Martin Luther King Jr.…
Asian carp roundup in Kentucky opens new front in battle
GOLDEN POND, Ky. (AP) — Like a slow-motion, underwater cattle drive, wildlife officials in a half-dozen aluminum boats used pulses of electricity and sound on a recent gray morning to herd schools of Asian carp tow…
Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary Tuesday night, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nominat…
Ladder to door was only escape for deadly India factory fire
NEW DELHI (AP) — Shouting and crying, workers in an Indian denim factory struggled to claw their way up a ladder to a door, their only exit as a fire blazed through fabric and machinery, officials say. Seven people…
Australia scraps policy to end indigenous disadvantage
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has scrapped a 12-year-old timetable for ending indigenous disadvantage, declaring on Wednesday that the policy had failed.
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Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, cementing Dem front-runners
The Latest: Top Nevada union warns about Sanders, Warren
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest and
White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says
NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight …
AP VoteCast: Young, liberal voters key to Sanders’ NH win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders won the young, the liberal and the disaffected in New Hampshire. Their votes were enough to deliver him a victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary, while Pete Buttigieg earned a slig…
Klobuchar surged in New Hampshire. Can she make it count?
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…
Poodle perfection: Siba wins best in show at Westminster
NEW YORK (AP) — Primped and poised, Siba the standard poodle owned the ring.