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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 …
Police investigating racist drawing at WVa high school
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Police are investigating what a prosecutor said was a racist drawing that was posted at a southern West Virginia high school and targeted a biracial basketball player from a rival team.
Migrant caravan crosses into Mexico, stops short of troops
FRONTERA HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants crossed the river into Mexico from Guatemala Thursday after a dayslong standoff with security forces and walked along a highway before stalling …
Man pleads not guilty in slayings of wife, son, neighbor
PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) — A suspended state corrections officer pleaded not guilty Thursday in the Christmas Day shootings of his wife, adult son and another man in a small eastern Illinois community.
10-year-old shot in drive-by outside California school
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A 10-year-old girlon a playground was shot by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting outside a Southern California elementary school, authorities said Thursday.
Key quotes from world leaders at Holocaust forum
JERUSALEM (AP) — The presidents of France and Germany warned of rising anti-Semitism. Israeli and American leaders lashed out at Iran. Russia's president took a swipe at eastern European members of NATO.
Greek police find 1.25 tons of cannabis hidden in date paste
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they found more than a ton of processed cannabis camouflaged among a shipment of date paste headed by sea from Lebanon to Libya, police said Thursday.
Israel PM, election rival invited to US to talk peace
JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House said Thursday it has invited Israel's prime minister and his main political rival to Washington next week to discuss the "prospect of peace" with the Palestinians, who have already …
David Duke agrees to pay $5K to man hurt at Virginia rally
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has agreed to pay an Ohio man $5,000 after the man alleged he was severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in Virginia…
Pompeo talks Nicaragua after Florida Senate condemns Ortega
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed Latin American affairs with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, the day after the state Senate unanimously voted to condemn Nicaraguan Presi…
U.S. stocks indexes are mixed amid worries over virus
Major U.S. stock indexes wavered between small gains and losses in afternoon trading Thursday as gains in technology companies offset declines elsewhere in the market.
Texas teacher accused of bringing handgun to school
TOMBALL, Texas (AP) — A Texas teacher who authorities say brought a handgun to school and made threatening comments about colleagues has been arrested.
Former Guatemalan minister hid in Colombia ambassador's home
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former Guatemalan economy minister was on the run again after hiding out for 24 hours in the home of Colombia's ambassador to the country, authorities said Thursday.
Targeted killings up as 8 wounded in Iraq protest violence
BAGHDAD (AP) — Government inaction over the rising number of assassinations targeting anti-government demonstrators and supporters is stirring fear and resentment, activists said Thursday. Iraqi security forces, me…
Girl's family: 'Impossible' to lean from cruise ship window
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of an Indiana girl who
Democrats focus Day 2 of trial on Trump's 'dangerous' abuse
WASHINGTON (AP) —