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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 files charges against 2 over Lebanon port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese prosecutor filed charges Tuesday against current and former customs officials over the massive blast at Beirut’s port in August, including a former customs chief who was reportedly the poin…
The Latest: Azar says HHS now working on Biden transition
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2 detained for speaking Spanish settle border patrol lawsuit
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two women who were detained in northern Montana by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for speaking Spanish while shopping at a convenience store have reached an undisclosed monetary sett…
The Latest: Biden prioritizes climate change with Kerry pick
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Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deep in the Mars-like landscape of Utah's red-rock desert lies a mystery: A gleaming metal monolith in one of the most remote parts of the state.
Convicted Lockerbie bomber's family in new bid to clear name
LONDON (AP) — The family of a Libyan man convicted of blowing up an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 began a new posthumous appeal against the conviction on Tuesday, saying he was found…
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Biden signals stark shift with new national security team
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Declaring "America is back," President-elect Joe Biden introduced selections for his national security team Tuesday, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America…
Restaurants workers out of work again as virus surges anew
Waiters and bartenders are being thrown out of work – again – as governors and local officials shut down indoor dining and drinking establishments to combat the nationwide surge in coronavirus infections that is ov…
Trudeau: Canadians won't be among the first to get vaccine
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canada will have to wait for a vaccine because the very first ones that roll off assembly lines are likely to be given to citizens of the country they are m…
VIRUS TODAY: Holiday party defiance, mask wearing in 2021
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Court: North Dakota governor can't fill dead candidate seat
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum does not have the authority to appoint someone to a state House seat won by a Republican candidate who died before the election, the North Dakota Supreme Court co…
Presidential race official recount gets underway in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — County election workers across Georgia on Tuesday began a machine recount of the roughly 5 million votes cast in the presidential race in the state, just days after completing a hand tally that confi…
The Latest: Biden says his picks show US back on world stage
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New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) — Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David Dinkins when he became New York City's first Black mayor in 1990.