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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 …
Wichita woman convicted of beheading ex-boyfriend's mother
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita woman was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the decapitation death of her ex-boyfriend's mother, whose head she left in the kitchen sink.
Sheriff: 3 dead in plane crash in Louisiana
CHATHAM, La. (AP) — A small plane crash in Louisiana on Thursday afternoon has left three people dead, according to authorities.
Trump administration to open free-trade talks with Kenya
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Thursday that it intends to open free-trade talks with Kenya in pursuit of what would be the first trade agreement between the United States and a nation in sub-…
Court rules fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Daily fantasy contests like those operated by FanDuel and DraftKings face an uncertain future in New York after an appellate court ruled Thursday that a 2016 law legalizing such games violated a…
Man charged in 1987 child abduction returned to Canada
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man accused of kidnapping his toddler son in Canada in 1987 and living on the lam in the U.S. for three decades appeared in a Toronto courtroom for the first time Thursday to face an abduct…
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The Nation's Weather for Friday, February 7, 2020
Architect of US peace plan blames Palestinians for violence
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The chief architect of the U.S. blueprint to resolve the decades-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians on Thursday blamed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for soaring tensions and …
San Francisco to open tent 'sobering' center for meth users
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A center for people experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis will open in San Francisco to help them get sober in a safe place, the latest effort to address the city's rising drug overdos…
Sheriff: At least 1 dead in plane crash in Louisiana
CHATHAM, La. (AP) — A small plane crash in Louisiana on Thursday afternoon has left at least one person dead, according to authorities.
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US Forecast for Friday, February 7, 2020
Rape victims sue school officials for ignoring hazing ritual
DAMASCUS, Md. (AP) — The parents of three Maryland high school students who were sexually assaulted by their football teammates sued county school officials Thursday, saying they ignored warnings about the attack b…
Ex-Olympic medical chief ties firing to reports of sex abuse
DENVER (AP) — A former sports medicine executive at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the federation, contending he was fired for urging managers to react more strongly…
Neighbor uses crossbow to save man from dogs, but kills him
ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — A man was shot and killed in his apartment by a crossbow bolt that a neighbor had fired at dogs who were attacking the man, authorities in Massachusetts said.
Hawaii helicopter crash pilot lost license for 2010 drug use
LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A pilot who was flying a sightseeing helicopter that crashed in Hawaii in December had his license revoked for marijuana use in 2010.
Charge dropped against teen accused of strangling father
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor dropped the murder charge Thursday against a teenager who was accused of his father's mysterious strangulation death.