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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 …
Purdue University to offer free tampons, pads in bathrooms
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University will offer free tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the campus’ bathrooms in response to student advocates who have been pushing for the move for three years.
Judge strikes blow to US immigration enforcement tactics
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has prohibited U.S. immigration authorities from relying on databases deemed faulty to ask law enforcement agencies to hold people in custody, a setback for the Trump administration…
'We're definitely not prepared': Africa braces for new virus
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A doctor tending to those patient…
More planes with quarantined China passengers arrive in US
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hundreds more people evacuated from the virus zone in China began arriving Friday at military bases across the U.S. to begin a two-week quarantine.
Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plunged and crashed into a Southern California hillside, invest…
Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Defective software could have doomed Boeing's crew capsule during its first test flight, a botched trip that was cut short and never made it to the International Space Station, NASA and …
Texas lawmakers are drafting a hair discrimination bill
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Legislative Black Caucus has announced it's working on a bill that would ban discrimination based on hair textures and styles commonly associated with race following the suspension of a bla…
China virus death toll rises to 722, new cases increase by 3,399 to 31,774, reversing previous days' declines
BEIJING (AP) — China virus death toll rises to 722, new cases increase by 3,399 to 31,774, reversing previous days' declines.
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Probe: Bryant helicopter was 100 feet from clear skies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage examined by experts at the scene show…
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Thai gunman who killed 21 in rampage shot dead in mall
Fire destroys Mississippi motel, space heater blamed
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A huge fire sparked by a space heater engulfed a motel Friday morning in Mississippi, fire officials said.
New Delhi votes with Modi's popularity on the line
NEW DELHI (AP) — Residents of India's capital voted Saturday in a crucial state election in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party sought to regain power after a 22-year gap and major victorie…
200 sick after norovirus outbreak at Louisiana casino
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — An outbreak of norovirus at a southwestern Louisiana casino has left at least 200 people sick and has prompted an investigation by state health officials.
Nicaragua paper gets supplies held at customs for 18 months
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Independent newspaper La Prensa received on Friday the remaining supplies that had been held up at customs for 18 months without explanation, after President Daniel Ortega’s government dec…