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Updated 3 weeks, 6 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
AP Entertainment Digest for Wednesday, 1st Ld-Writethru

If you have questions, please email Nekesa Mumbi Moody at [email protected] or Anthony McCartney at [email protected]. For up-to-the-minute coverage, visit coverage plan at https://newsroom.ap.org for information. For …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they doubt the Senate

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
BC-Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary, ADVISORY

Auschwitz survivors and world leaders are marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi death camp's liberation by Soviet troops The Associated Press will provide coverage of the anniversary events as well as stories of…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Mother charged in college bribery case pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) — A California woman pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge Wednesday after authorities said she paid a company $9,000 to take online classes for her son at Georgetown University and then demanded a d…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Trump administration to approve Keystone pipeline on US land

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday will approve a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land, federal officials told The Associated Press, pushin…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP News Digest 2 a.m.

Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Man gets probation for stealing WWII dog tags from archives

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Virginia National Guard sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of supervised probation for stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Canada matching donations to fund for Iran plane families

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's federal government said Wednesday it will match donations to a fund set up to help families of those who died in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran this month.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Weinstein trial opens, portraying ex-producer as predator

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein went on trial Wednesday in a landmark moment for the #

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Police: Officers left woman with man accused of killing her

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man killed his ex-girlfriend's mother at an Iowa home about an hour after officers went to the apartment following a reported assault but left without making an arrest or removi…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
ACLU urges Tennessee gov not to sign anti-LGBT adoption bill

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A civil rights group is raising questions about the legality of a Tennessee proposal that would assure continued taxpayer funding of faith-based foster care and adoption agencies even if the…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
AP-Trump-Impeachment, ADVISORY

The U.S. Senate is poised to hear opening arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Democratic House managers are set to make their case that Trump abused power and should be removed from office.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Rules set, Senate to hear case for pulling Trump from office

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate was poised to hear opening arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, with Democratic House managers set to make their case that Trump abused power and shou…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Teen accused in fatal family shooting to be charged as adult

GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A teenager in Utah accused of fatally shooting four of his relatives and wounding a fifth will be charged as an adult as soon as Wednesday, a prosecutor said.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Court: GEICO must pay injured Kansas man for care from wife

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An insurance company must reimburse a Kansas man for the personal care his wife provided after he was injured in an automobile accident, the state Supreme Court ruled in rejecting that spouses …