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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 …
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…
Kansas anti-abortion measure fails; Medicaid plan targeted
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed to get
Baylor to suspend 14 baseball players after hazing incident
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor University will suspend 14 baseball players during the upcoming season due to a hazing incident from last year, school officials announced Friday.
Biden says he could 'take a hit' in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden predicted he would “take a hit” in New Hampshire's upcoming Democratic presidential primary in the opening moments of Friday night's high-stakes debate as the…
Anger and virus cases grow in China with 722 total deaths
BEIJING (AP) — The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China while fatalities increased to 722 on Saturday including an American, as the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminatio…
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.
The Latest: Sanders sure Democrats can unite to beat Trump
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on
Utility wildfire prevention plans call for more blackouts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California utilities plan to continue shutting off power to customers during dry and windy conditions to prevent sparking deadly wildfires, but they aim to make outages more targeted to avoid wid…
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.
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.
China virus death toll rises to 722 with 34,546 cases
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll in the viral outbreak in mainland China has risen to 722, while new cases jumped to 34,546, reversing declines over previous days.
Payback: Trump ousts officials who testified on impeachment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachmen…
Largest Nevada casinos report $2 billion gain in fiscal 2019
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s largest casinos reaped more than $2 billion from gambling, food and beverage sales, room rentals and other factors during the 2019 fiscal year, state regulators reported Friday.
New Mississippi AG reviewing 6-trial murder case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's new attorney general must decide whether to take a quadruple murder case to a seventh trial. Curtis Flowers has had two mistrials and four reversed convictions in connection with…
Trump ousts ambassador who testified in impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted Gordon Sondland, his ambassador to the European Union, who delivered damaging testimony during the impeachment inquiry. Sondland said in a statement Friday that T…