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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 …
Investigators: No sign of engine failure for Bryant copter
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed
Ex-financier gets 9 months in college admissions scandal
BOSTON (AP) — Douglas Hodge, the former CEO of a top investment company, received the harshest sentence Friday of any of the parents caught up in the college admissions bribery scandal.
Aide who testified against Trump escorted out of White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday, …
First female, lesbian to lead Michigan Episcopal diocese
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan diocese of the Episcopal Church is about to welcome its first female and first openly lesbian bishop this weekend.
Probe: No signs of outward engine failure in Bryant crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed
Ex-cop freed after years without charges in child porn probe
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former Philadelphia Police sergeant has been released after spending more than four years in jail without charges because he failed to unlock two of his hard drives for investigators who su…
Iowa Democrats extend deadline for candidates to seek review
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party extended until Monday a deadline for presidential candidates to request a review of the results of the Iowa presidential caucuses , following a caucus night debacle…
Man who ran down 2 students faces manslaughter charges
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A man was charged with manslaughter Friday in the deaths of two suburban Oklahoma City high school cross-country athletes whom he hit with his truck as they ran on a sidewalk just a day after hi…
Virus fears threaten tech show as companies rethink plans
LONDON (AP) — A major European technology trade fair has a low-tech idea for reducing virus risks: go hands-free.
Academy Awards, ADVISORY
“1917” sprints into Sunday’s Academy Awards with some momentum, but will “Parasite” infect the Oscars instead? Or could “Joker” get the last laugh? The Associated Press plans comprehensive coverage of Sunday’s cere…
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.
Trump announces effort to revitalize underserved US cities
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday used his first trip outside Washington since his State of the Union address and the end of his impeachment trial to announce a new nationwide effort to revita…
Lawmaker's privilege ties up case against ex-NASCAR driver
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — For a year and a half, a Virginia mother of seven young girls has been frustrated by repeated delays in the domestic violence case against her estranged husband because his defense lawyer exerc…
UN refugee agency: Major rise in migrants stopped off Libya
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency reported Friday that the total number of migrants intercepted by the Libyan coast guard in the past month rose 121% from the same period last year.
Investigators say wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and 8 others showed no engine failure
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators say wreckage from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and 8 others showed no engine failure.