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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 …
Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it…
Former staff claims Iowa center exploited disabled patients
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Two doctors and other former employees of an Iowa care center for people with intellectual disabilities have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a state agency and several officials…
CDC cites label error in mixup involving coronavirus patient
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A labeling error caused a woman infected with the novel coronavirus to be mistakenly released from a hospital but the oversight was noticed as she was returning to a San Diego military base where m…
Report: Death toll in fire likely includes 50 more people
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a result of the 2018 wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise, California, but were no…
First polls close in NH as Dems look for clarity in race
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The first polls closed in New Hampshire Tuesday night as fiery progressive Bernie Sanders fought for Democratic front-runner status in the first-in-the-nation primary. The party hoped for re…
Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack
CHICAGO (AP) — "Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police
Man accused of subway stabbing says victims were aliens
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The man accused of stabbing to death a woman and injuring her sister on a train platform in the San Francisco Bay Area testified in his trial Tuesday, saying he believed the women were aliens…
The Latest: Polls begin closing for New Hampshire primary
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential contest and
Virginia House passes major renewable energy legislation
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia House passed sweeping energy legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how Virginia's utilities generate electricity and, supporters say, move the state from the back of the pack to …
Warrant: Chaplain charged after sex act with SC inmate
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A prison chaplain in South Carolina was arrested Tuesday after an inmate performed a sex act on him in his office at a women's prison, authorities said.
Lawmakers rip charges against student who posted gun photo
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State lawmakers and a gun rights group on Tuesday called for changes to Michigan's terrorism law after a Lake Superior State University student was charged for posting a photo of a rifle on so…
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Brazil prosecutors seek to block new head of indigenous body
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian federal prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to suspend the appointment of a former missionary as head of the government body responsible for protecting uncontacte…
Baltimore public defenders want police ‘credibility’ list
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's public defenders have asked a judge to help them get a list of city police officers who the city's top prosecutor says have credibility issues.
OU investigates after professor uses racial slur in class
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The University of Oklahoma says it is looking into an incident in which a journalism professor used a racial slur during a class on Tuesday.