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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 …
Too soon to tell if new virus as dangerous as SARS cousin
The new virus from China has the world on edge because it’s a close cousin to viruses that killed hundreds in separate outbreaks. While it’s too early to tell if this latest threat will prove as deadly, health auth…
Michigan court reverses murder conviction, cites rap videos
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously threw out a murder conviction Friday, saying YouTube rap videos spoiled the verdict by portraying the defendant as a “ruthless and menacing threat to the commun…
Tennessee governor signs anti-LGBT adoption bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become the latest state to assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if those organizations exclude LGBT families and others based…
STEM school security guard not charged for gun at school
A security guard who accidentally injured two students while trying to stop a mass shooting at a school in a Denver suburb will not be criminally charged, but must complete community service, a special prosecutor s…
Michigan couple dies in burning house trying to save dogs
KALKASKA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A couple has died trying to save their two dogs from their house in northern Michigan that was engulfed in flames, authorities said.
Democrats say Trump 'got caught' on Ukraine, covered up
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic House prosecutors launched their final arguments Friday at Donald Trump's
Suspect in Georgia teacher's death files 2nd pretrial appeal
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A man charged with murder is once again asking Georgia's highest court to hear an appeal before he stands trial in the slaying of a high school teacher whose 2005 disappearance remained a myste…
4 aid workers for French charity disappear in Baghdad
PARIS (AP) — Four aid workers for a French Christian charity disappeared this week in Baghdad at at time of heightened tension in Iraq, the organization said Friday,
At least 4 dead as magnitude 6.8 quake rocks eastern Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 rocked eastern Turkey on Friday, causing some buildings to collapse and killing at least four people, Turkish officials said.
Actress Rosie Perez set to take stand at Weinstein trial
NEW YORK (AP) — “Do The Right Thing” actress Rosie Perez is set to testify at Harvey Weinstein’s trial to back up fellow screen star Annabella Sciorra’s allegation that he raped her in the mid-1990s.
Former German soccer president sent hundreds to Auschwitz
BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation says its former president Felix Linnemann was directly responsible for sending several hundred people to be murdered at the Auschwitz extermination camp.
Australia tries to recover bodies of 3 from US wildfire crew
SYDNEY (AP) — A tanker plane that crashed and killed its three American crew members as they fought wildfires in Australia had just dropped liquid to suppress the flames, investigators said Friday.
Correction: Election 2020-Klobuchar story
STANTON, Iowa (AP) — In a story January 23, 2020, about Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, The Associated Press erroneously reported the timing of Ashley Judd campaigning with Elizabeth Warren. Judd w…
Alabama parents arrested after child fires gun at school
CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) — The parents of an Alabama first-grader were taken into custody after the child accidentally fired a gun at school Friday, officials said.
France confirms 2 cases of virus from China, 1st in Europe
PARIS (AP) — France on Friday announced two cases of the deadly new virus from China, the first cases in Europe.