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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 …
Rachel Bloom to work in front, behind camera in Pop TV pilot
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Pop TV has ordered a comedy pilot focused on the most irresponsible and lazy person getting impregnated by immaculate conception.
Michigan seeks extensive records about underwater oil pipes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials demanded an extensive set of records Monday from Enbridge Inc. in an investigation of the company's oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel linking two of the Great L…
Judge refuses to second-guess family separations at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration is operating within its authority when separating families stopped at the Mexico border, rejecting arguments that it was quietly returning to…
Illinois ag director resigns over response to rape email
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's agriculture director has resigned after acknowledging he received, but did not act on, a lobbyist's email seven years ago that referenced an alleged rape cover…
Charges dropped against man in wife's 1990 slaying
OZARK, Ala. (AP) — Authorities dropped charges against a man arrested in the slaying of his wife after another suspect admitted to the 1990 killing on the eve of the trial, prosecutors said Monday.
UN envoy for Colombia: Peace depends on stopping killings
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Colombia warned Monday that peace won’t be achieved if former combatants who laid down their weapons and social leaders continue to be killed.
Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years in prison for ex-Congressman
NEW YORK (AP) — A former congressman should serve nearly five years in prison for insider trading, especially after coming to represent “the cynical idea that those in power who make the laws are not required to fo…
Ex-pharma exec sentenced to nearly 3 years in bribery scheme
BOSTON (AP) — A former executive for a drug company was sentenced Monday to 33 months in federal prison in a
Zinke gives $11K in campaign cash to foundation he started
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has closed his congressional campaign account and given nearly all of the fundraising cash that was left to a charitable foundation he started and his wife …
Police suspect serial killer strangled Illinois teen in 1976
CHICAGO (AP) — A suspected serial killer strangled a suburban Chicago teenage girl in 1976 and likely killed another woman just days before she was to testify in court that he raped her, police said Monday.
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US drops designation of China as currency manipulator
Dad convicted of aiding son after woman's dismemberment
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A retired police officer accused of helping his son after he killed and dismembered a woman in western Michigan was convicted Monday of committing perjury and acting as an accessory.
US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack that Attorn…
Kentucky woman pleads not guilty to murder in dog attack
CONWAY, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky woman who authorities say released her pit bull on a man has pleaded not guilty to murder in his death.
McConnell on US-Iran strategy: 'Let's not screw it up'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he opposes a Senate resolution asserting that President Donald Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against…