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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 …
Court ruling ends long legal fight in Chinese torture case
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday ended a 15-year-old legal fight in the U.S. over whether a Chinese television official incited torture in his country against members of the banned Falu…
Virginia Senate advances bill to scrap Lee-Jackson holiday
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Senate on Tuesday advanced legislation to scrap the state’s Lee-Jackson holiday celebrating two Confederate generals.
Historian fears Stanford’s MLK collection not a priority
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — A Stanford institute is home to copies of the most significant correspondence, sermons, speeches, writings and manuscripts of Martin Luther King Jr. But the historian tasked with protecting …
Huawei CFO lawyers say her alleged crimes no crime in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei argued Tuesday that allowing her extradition to the United States would result in Canada bowing to foreign law.
Documents: Neighbor wanted suspect in police deaths evicted
HONOLULU (AP) — A neighbor of a man suspected of stabbing a woman and killing two Hawaii police officers had long wanted him evicted but said the landlord wasn't helpful, according to court documents.
New government in crisis-hit Lebanon ends 3-month vacuum
BEIRUT (AP) — A new Cabinet was announced in crisis-hit Lebanon late Tuesday, breaking a months-long impasse amid mass protests against the country's ruling elite and a crippling economic and financial crisis.
Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala by Mexican troops, shipped to detention centers or returned…
Feds: White supremacists hoped rally would start civil war
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A hidden camera captured members of a violent white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors …
School shooting victim's dad named to Florida school board
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The father of a student slain in Florida's 2018 high school massacre is being appointed to the state Board of Education.
The Latest: Counsel notes some senators 'should be in Iowa'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential race (all times local):
Countries around world respond to China virus outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Countries in Asia and elsewhere are checking the body temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to a new virus that has sickened nearly …
Netanyahu renews West Bank annexation vow ahead of elections
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed a vow to annex Israeli settlements in the West Bank as the embattled leader kicked off a third election campaign in under a year Tuesday.
AP Entertainment Digest for Tuesday
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New Cabinet announced in crisis-hit Lebanon ends three-month political vacuum
BEIRUT (AP) — New Cabinet announced in crisis-hit Lebanon ends three-month political vacuum.
Indicted former Mexico security chief not interested in plea
NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s former top security official is “very much looking forward” to fighting charges he took tens of millions of dollars in drug-money bribes to protect Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s notorious Sin…