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Updated 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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 …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Prince Charles visits Jerusalem tomb of unique ancestor

JERUSALEM (AP) — Britain's Prince Charles on Friday paid a solemn visit to the tomb of his grandmother, who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and whose tumultuous life was marked by exile, mental illness and a re…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Stocks fall slightly as banks drop; Intel propels tech

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell slightly in early trading Friday as a blowout earnings report from chipmaker Intel propelled technology shares higher and offset declines in health care and financial companies.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Iraqis rally against US troops, demanding they leave

BAGHDAD (AP) — Waving national flags and banners denouncing U.S. President Donald Trump, tens of thousands of Iraqis marched peacefully through Baghdad on Friday to demand the ouster of U.S. troops from their count…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Missing Rwandan opposition politician sentenced to 10 years

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — An opposition politician in Rwanda who reportedly escaped prison in 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years for offenses related to forming an armed group and threatening state security.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP Exclusive: New US Border Patrol chief named

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Police chief: 2 fatalities confirmed after large warehouse explosion shakes Houston

HOUSTON (AP) — Police chief: 2 fatalities confirmed after large warehouse explosion shakes Houston.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Convicted NYC bomber gets life term for New Jersey shootout

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — An Afghan-born U.S. citizen already serving life in prison for a bombing in New York City was sentenced Friday to an additional life term for a shootout with police in New Jersey as he attemp…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Legal confusion deepens in Poland in new challenge for EU

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Legal confusion has deepened dramatically in Poland, with the government and the country’s high court judges on a collision course over who gets to administer justice.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Zimbabwe VP scolded for using soldiers in divorce dispute

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean judge on Friday described as “frightening” the use of soldiers by the country’s vice president in a divorce-related dispute, and ruled that his wife should regain custody of the…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
NFL player Antonio Brown granted bail by Florida judge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — NFL free agent Antonio Brown was granted bail on Friday after turning himself in at a Florida jail on charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver of a moving truck that carried …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Tech companies propel US stocks to early gains; Intel jumps

NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies are leading U.S. stocks higher at the open Friday, led by a sharp gain for chipmaker Intel. Investors continue to monitor developments in the international effort to contain the…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP Exclusive: New Border Patrol chief named

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Naval base in Illinois on lockdown amid search for vehicle

GREAT LAKES, Ill (AP) — A Naval station north of Chicago was locked down and warned personnel to “RUN, HIDE, FIGHT!” after someone drove onto the base without showing credentials, but it later described the situati…