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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 …
Report: Sign advised lower speed in snowy turnpike bus crash
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Light snow was falling during a
Panel recommends censuring judge over romantic triangle case
A New Jersey ethics panel has recommended a high-ranking judge be censured over his behavior in court, including comments in which he told a woman that she should send nude pictures of herself to Playboy magazine f…
Ex-official for notorious Syria rebels got visa to France
PARIS (AP) — The one-time spokesman for the notorious Syrian rebel faction the Army of Islam , who was arrested in southern France last week and charged with torture and war crimes, arrived in the country on a shor…
Illinois woman gives $45 million to St. Louis Opera Theatre
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — An Illinois woman has left a $45 million bequest to the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, which will more than double the company's endowment fund, the company announced Thursday.
Man pleads guilty to running service that offered child porn
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A man who spent years fighting his extradition from Ireland to the U.S. pleaded guilty Thursday in a Maryland courtroom to operating a web hosting service that allowed users to anonymously acc…
UN envoy says push continues toward cease-fire deal in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N.’s special representative for Libya said Thursday the country’s warring sides are working to turn a provisional cease-fire into a formal agreement as they emerged from four days of talks, a pro…
China opens new hospitals for virus patients, deaths top 560
BEIJING (AP) — China finished building a second new hospital Thursday to isolate and treat patients infected with the new coronavirus and moved people with milder symptoms into makeshift quarantine centers at sport…
AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday
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Man killed by crossbow fired by neighbor trying to stop dogs
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.
US officials warn Chinese espionage an 'existential threat'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of FBI arrests in cases related to Chinese espionage has risen sharply in the last five years, corresponding with what the U.S. government sees as an urgent threat to American economic …
War-weary Afghan youth turn to snowboarding for thrills
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Aspen! Zermatt! Kabul?
Grenfell chair requests UK pledge on witness immunity
LONDON (AP) — The chairman of the inquiry into a London tower bloc fire that killed 72 people wrote to Britain's attorney general Thursday to ask for a pledge to prevent evidence from corporate witnesses being used…
EU official says Balkan membership expansion is priority
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union's proposed new system for adding members is meant to reinstate the bloc’s influence in the Western Balkans, the bloc's enlargement commissioner said Thursday.
UK reconsiders plan to fly flags on Prince Andrew's birthday
LONDON (AP) — The British government says it is reviewing the policy of raising Union Jacks atop town halls on royal birthdays, after some officials balked at flying the flag for scandal-hit Prince Andrew.
NASA's record-setting Koch, crewmates safely back from space
MOSCOW (AP) — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who spent nearly 11 months in orbit to set a record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely Thursday in Kazakhstan along with two International Space Stati…