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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 …
Canada to get access to recorders from downed plane in Iran
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Monday that Iranian officials have invited it to participate in analysis of the voice and flight data recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by a mi…
Man found guilty of setting deputy on fire gets 16 years
RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A man found guilty of setting an Ohio sheriff's deputy on fire while authorities were trying to arrest him was sentenced Monday to 16 years in prison.
Vote on NJ bill to bar certain vaccine exemptions stalled
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers postponed an expected vote on a bill to eliminate most religious exemptions for vaccines for schoolchildren saying they lacked the votes, and leading to raucous cheers from…
Ex-North Carolina trooper pleads guilty in arrest beating
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former North Carolina State Highway Patrol trooper accused of involvement in a 2018 beating and K9 attack on a homeless man has been convicted of misdemeanor charges in the case.
Sheriff: 2 jail inmates escape after locking up deputy
WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Colorado searched Monday for two inmates, including one suspected of attempted murder, who escaped from a jail in a small town after overpowering a guard and locking her in a…
US troops in Iraq got warning hours before Iranian attack
AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) — American troops were informed of an impending missile barrage hours before their air base in Iraq was struck by Iran, U.S. military officials said Monday, days after the attack tha…
Mueller probe witness pleads guilty on child sex charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessin…
Australia-bound flight lands in Honolulu with dead passenger
HONOLULU (AP) — An Air Canada flight bound for Australia diverted to Honolulu over the weekend because of a dead passenger.
Innocence claim in 1976 rape may continue in appeals court
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a North Carolina man who says he’s innocent of a 1976 rape are planning to request a hearing before the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a three-judge panel refused …
Hinch, Luhnow fired for Astros' sign stealing
HOUSTON (AP) — Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were fired Monday after the pair
Israel's weakened left-wing unites ahead of March election
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's main left-wing parties have announced they will run on a single ticket in the upcoming March 2 election.
Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle
DALLAS (AP) — A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with illegally buying and selling the gun's parts or building th…
Police say they've solved 1976 killing of Chicago-area teen
LISLE, Ill. (AP) — Police near Chicago say advances in DNA testing have helped them solve the case of a 16-year-old girl who was strangled in 1976.
Baltimore sees 15 shot, 5 fatally, in warm winter weekend
BALTIMORE (AP) — A warm winter weekend in Baltimore was marred by violence, as more than a dozen people were shot and the city's leadership continued to struggle against deadly gun crime.
NAACP lawsuit claims Census Bureau is unprepared for count
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Calling preparations for the 2020 Census “conspicuously deficient,” the NAACP is suing the U.S. Census Bureau, demanding that the agency send more workers into the field and spend more money on…