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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 …
China reports number of cases from new virus has risen to 440 with 9 deaths
BEIJING (AP) — China reports number of cases from new virus has risen to 440 with 9 deaths.
Petition seeks federal protections for Rio Grande fish
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists are asking federal wildlife managers to used the Endangered Species Act to protect a fish found only in the Rio Grande in Texas and the Pecos River in New Mexico.
Battle for India's new citizenship law moves to top court
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nationwide protests and a security crackdown that led to more …
Cases of new viral respiratory illness rise sharply in China
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings, after warning on Wednesday that a new viral illness that has infected hundreds and caused at least …
Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks
BEIRUT (AP) — Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch.
Senate approves rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in party-line vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate approves rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in party-line vote.
Court takes another look at Native American adoption law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children was getting a second look Wednesday from a federal appeals cour…
Senate approves impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s
Judge set to rule on city's effort to end teen death lawsuit
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio judge is ready to rule on whether to move forward with a lawsuit filed by the family of a 16-year-old student who died after being trapped by a fold-up vehicle seat despite making two 91…
So-called conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it.
A #MeToo moment: Harvey Weinstein trial set to open
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein spawned the
Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Over the next week, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany’s death camps.
Tour agencies: N Korea bans foreign tourists over new virus
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has banned foreign tourists to guard against the spread of a new virus from China, tour operators in China said.
Cases of viral respiratory illness rise sharply in China
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings after warning on Wednesday that a new viral illness infecting hundreds of people in the country and …
Democrats swarm industrial Iowa to prove they can beat Trump
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — Since their surprise loss to President Donald Trump in 2016, Democrats have struggled with how to regain territory that long supported the party before suddenly flipping to Republicans. …