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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
France's Macron cool to Israeli request to criticize ICC

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday gave a lukewarm reception to an Israeli request to criticize the International Criminal Court, saying he would study the matter.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Florida school shooting trauma affects young witness

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A young student who witnessed the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school is still too traumatized by the experience to give a formal statement and possibly testify at trial, her lawyer …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Unusual study details woes among veterans of foster care

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who have spent time in foster care are far more likely than other adults to lack a college degree, health insurance and a stable health care provider, according to a new federal analysis t…

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Burundi's president set to get title of 'paramount leader'

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Burundi's president could receive the title of “paramount leader” under draft legislation approved by the government Wednesday as his troubled third term nears an end.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
8 ethnic Albanians convicted in Kosovo of terrorism charges

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A Kosovo court on Wednesday convicted eight ethnic Albanian men of preparing terrorist acts and trying to destabilize the country's constitutional order.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Migrant caravan shrinks at Guatemala-Mexico border

TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — The number of migrants stuck at the Guatemala-Mexico border continued to dwindle Wednesday as detentions and resignation ate away at what remained of the latest caravan.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Correction: Air Bag Recalls story

DETROIT (AP) — In a story January 21, 2020, about Takata air bag recalls, The Associated Press reported an incorrect telephone number to contact Toyota for information. The correct number is (800) 331-4331.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Unprovoked shark attacks drop worldwide, but not in the US

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Unprovoked shark attacks around the world decreased last year, although they rose in the United States, according to researchers.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
France delays digital tax, US suspends retaliatory tariffs

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — France's finance minister says his country will delay its digital tax and U.S. will hold off retaliatory sanctions.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Erosion, floods make some final resting places not so final

WEYBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — When Revolutionary War soldier Josiah Clark was buried in a small Vermont cemetery near a river bank in 1835, it was supposed to be his final resting place.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
Judge rejects city's effort to end teen death lawsuit

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge decided Wednesday to move forward with a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died after being trapped by a fold-up vehicle seat, despite making …

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
US home sales soared 3.8% in December

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales climbed 3.8% in December, but a record-low inventory of houses on the market has caused prices to surge as affordability is worsening.

Updated 6 years, 9 months ago
China's Hubei province announces that death toll from new virus has risen to 17

BEIJING (AP) — China's Hubei province announces that death toll from new virus has risen to 17.