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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 …
Hong Kong leader: National security law has been 'effective'
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that the city's new national security law has been “remarkably effective in restoring stability” after months of political unrest, and that bringing norma…
Analysis: Biden prioritizes experience with Cabinet picks
NEW YORK (AP) — Competence is making a comeback.
AP PHOTOS: Occupied Mexico rights office becomes refuge
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a colonial-era building in downtown Mexico City, dozens of feminist activists and crime victims have settled in after nearly three months of occupying the headquarters of Mexico’s National Hum…
Christmas traditions axed as pandemic sweeps rural Kansas
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — It's barely a town anymore, battered by time on the windswept prairie of northwest Kansas. COVID-19 still managed for find Norcatur.
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New Zealand soldier faces spying charges in 1st such case
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand soldier has been charged with spying and will face up to 14 years in prison if found guilty.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Restaurant workers out of work again as virus surges anew
Thai police revive royal defamation law ahead of protest
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have escalated their legal battle against the students leading pro-democracy protests, charging 12 of them with violating a harsh law against defaming the monarchy.
Ex-prosecutor writes of drug addiction in sentencing letter
HONOLULU (AP) — A former Honolulu prosecutor, convicted of conspiracy in Hawaii's biggest corruption case that also took down her police chief husband, apologized for her actions in a handwritten letter to the judg…
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Restaurant workers out of work again as virus surges anew
Ex-Mexico treasury chief rejects 2nd set of accusations
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s former treasury and foreign relations secretary, Luis Videgaray, angrily denied accusations Tuesday by a lawyer for another former Cabinet secretary who claimed he used embezzled governm…
Judge: California can't ban offensive license plates
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California can't enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because that violates freedom of speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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Montana: Allow Marijuana Legal Age (To be set by law)
California OK'd aid in name of Scott Peterson, other killers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's system for paying unemployment benefits is so dysfunctional that the state approved more than $140 million for at least 20,000 prisoners, local and federal prosecutors said Tu…