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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 …
Japan says 41 new cases of virus discovered on quarantined cruise ship
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says 41 new cases of virus discovered on quarantined cruise ship.
John Bolton, Susan Rice to speak at Vanderbilt on Feb. 19
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton will speak at Tennessee's Vanderbilt University later this month alongside another former national security adviser, Susan Rice, just two weeks a…
Trump puts global religious freedom in the political fray
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as President Donald Trump
Mainland China reports increase of 73 deaths from new virus for a total of 636, confirmed cases increase to 31,161
BEIJING (AP) — Mainland China reports increase of 73 deaths from new virus for a total of 636, confirmed cases increase to 31,161.
Trump backs away from push for Nevada nuclear waste dump
LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to reverse his position on a proposal to create a national nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain after his administration has tried for several y…
Texas to execute man who killed 5, including wife, children
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man is set to be executed Thursday evening after fatally shooting his wife, two children and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago.
Man charged with shutting off oxygen to Minnesota hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man is charged with shutting off oxygen to a Minneapolis area hospital in December , an act that authorities say could have hurt or killed many people.
Police: Man suspected of shooting 2 detectives arrested
BALTIMORE (AP) — A man believed to have shot and wounded two Maryland police detectives has been arrested, authorities said Thursday.
Storms sweep over Southeast with rain, wind, floods; 4 dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A powerful winter storm raked the Southeast on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed at least four people and injured several more across a dozen states. Rescue crews repeate…
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Weinstein trial: Prosecution rests on 6 women's accounts
NEW YORK (AP) — Some were aspiring actresses. One was a star on the rise. Another was looking to get more involved in behind-the-scenes aspects of the film and TV business.
San Francisco official, businessman make court appearance
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco official known around town as “Mr. Clean” and a charity-promoting restaurateur whom federal officials say conspired to line their own pockets at the expense of taxpayers' trust …
Kansas fight over abortion has debate turned 'on its head'
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators considering a proposed amendment to the state constitution on abortion are raising the spectre of women being forced back into going to unsafe and unclean “back alley” clinics…
Georgia: 2 school buses crash, 15 pupils checked at hospital
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (AP) — A crash between two school buses east of Atlanta sent 15 students to a hospital to be checked Thursday, school officials said.
Trump says U.S. operation killed al-Qaida leader in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an al-Qaida leader who claimed responsibility f…