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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 in final preparations for latest lunar mission
WENCHANG, China (AP) — Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface in what would be a major advance for the country’s space program.
China tests millions after coronavirus flare-ups in 3 cities
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the countr…
2 people are dead and others are "seriously wounded" in a stabbing at a church in San Jose, California, mayor says
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — 2 people are dead and others are "seriously wounded" in a stabbing at a church in San Jose, California, mayor says.
2 dead in stabbing at church in San Jose, California
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Two people died and multiple others were injured in a stabbing Sunday night at a church in California where homeless people had been brought to shelter from the cold weather, police said.
Yemen rebels claim attack on Saudi oil facility in Jiddah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels said they struck a Saudi oil facility in the port city of Jiddah on Monday with a new cruise missile, just hours after the kingdom finished hosting its virtu…
New Zealand leader Ardern offers virus know-how to Joe Biden
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday became the latest world leader to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory, saying she offered to share her n…
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong taken into custody after guilty plea
HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong and two other activists were taken into custody Monday after they pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police headquar…
Police: Multiple people stabbed at California church
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Multiple people were stabbed Sunday night at a church in California, and some of them have life-threatening injuries, police said.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
Trump aims to box in Biden abroad, but it may not work
WASHINGTON (AP) — On its way out the door, the Trump administration is enacting new rules, regulations and orders that it hopes will box in President-elect Joe Biden's administration on numerous foreign policy matt…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong to plead guilty to protest charges
HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong said Monday that he plans to plead guilty to charges related to a demonstration outside police headquarters during anti-government protests la…
Biden expected to nominate Blinken as secretary of state
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team's planning.
Blinken emerges as top pick for Biden's secretary of state
WASHINGTON (AP) — Antony Blinken is the leading contender to become President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, according to multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Trump's legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none