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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 …
Houston officials urge Texas governor to accept refugees
HOUSTON (AP) — Officials in Houston, one of the biggest hubs for immigrants in the nation, on Tuesday urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to reverse his decision to reject new refugees in the state.
Rights group says China is trying to silence critics abroad
The head of Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Chinese government has not only constructed "an Orwellian high-tech surveillance state” at home but is using its growing economic clout to silence critics abroad.
Was killer in 1976 slaying of suburban teen a serial killer?
CHICAGO (AP) — A man who police suspect strangled a 16-year-old suburban Chicago girl in 1976 may have killed as many as a dozen young women and plotted to kill others before he died during a fatal knife attack on…
Spain: Chemical plant explosion kills 1, injures at least 9
MADRID (AP) — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least nine others, three seriously, regional authorities said.
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Police: Woman tried to light explosive device in Walmart
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A woman tried to build an explosive device inside a Walmart store in Florida, authorities said.
Lebanon protests turn violent outside the central bank
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces lobbed tear gas at protesters who responded with rocks outside the country's central bank Tuesday, a violent turn after demonstrators returned to the streets following a weeks…
United Methodist leaders explain plan to split denomination
(RNS) — The 16 United Methodist bishops and advocacy group leaders who negotiated a recent proposal to split the denomination explained their reasoning at an event that was
Sudan ends brief mutiny from within security forces
CAIRO (AP) — The prime minister of Sudan’s transitional government sought to reassure his jittery country on Tuesday after quelling a brief armed mutiny from within the state’s security apparatus.
Middleman in killing of Slovak journalist points finger
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A man who has admitted to arranging the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancee in Slovakia told a court Tuesday that he did so at the behest of local businessman Marian Ko…
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EU seeks to suspend chamber disciplining Polish judges
WARSAW, Poland (AP) —
Parkland football team to run plays on Super Bowl field
MIAMI (AP) — The football team at a Florida high school where 17 people were killed in a mass shooting will get a taste of what it's like to play in the Super Bowl.
Woman charged in former lawmaker's death faces new charges
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A woman charged with killing a former Arkansas state lawmaker faced new charges Tuesday alleging that she asked fellow inmates to kill the victim's ex-husband.
Peru court backs president's decision to dissolve Congress
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s Constitutional Court has backed President Martín Vizcarra’s controversial decision to dissolve the nation’s legislature last year.