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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 …
Colbert is 'Tooning Out the News' with new animated series
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Late-night host Stephen Colbert has yet another outlet for satire: He's producing a new series featuring animated characters who riff on current events and interview real newsmakers.
Reports: Man rams cockpit; fights with officers at airport
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A passenger who sprinted at a plane's cockpit during a flight, pounding on the door before attacking a flight attendant and fighting with officers at the Newark airport, has been charged with ag…
Lava gushes from Philippine volcano as ash spreads to Manila
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — Red-hot lava gushed out of a Philippine volcano Monday after a sudden eruption of ash and steam that forced villagers to flee en masse and shut down Manila’s international airport, offi…
Red-hot lava gushes from Philippine volcano after eruption that forced villagers to flee and shut down Manila’s airport
TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — Red-hot lava gushes from Philippine volcano after eruption that forced villagers to flee and shut down Manila’s airport.
Australian is 20th fatality in New Zealand volcano eruption
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An Australian man who was injured in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand more than a month ago has died, becoming the 20th victim of the disaster, officials said Monday.
Billy Porter to star on Jordan Peele's 'The Twilight Zone'
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Billy Porter is among the actors who will appear on Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” anthology series next season.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Esper says he's seen no hard evidence embassies under threat
Rio party launching countdown to Carnival ends in disorder
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive celebration in Rio de Janeiro Sunday marking the start of the 50-day countdown to Brazil's world famous Carnival was marred by tear gas, tossed bottles and clashes between police and…
Ronan Farrow among nominees for book critic prizes
NEW YORK (AP) — Ronan Farrow has already won a Pulitzer Prize and George Polk Award for his reporting on Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement. Now he's up for a literary honor, a National Book Critics Circle aw…
Canada PM Trudeau: Iran plane families will get answers
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday it's been gut-wrenching to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran la…
AP News Digest 6:10 p.m.
Resends previous digest to add — ELECTION-2020-SANDERS-ATTACKS.
Pope Benedict XVI breaks silence to reaffirm priest celibacy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the “necessity" of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to al…
Sanders wins major New Hampshire union endorsement
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has won a coveted union endorsement in New Hampshire as he faces the challenge of earning a repeat victory in the 2020 New Hampshire presidential primary.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
As trial nears, Trump keeps discredited Ukraine theory alive
US to send home some Saudi military students after shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is preparing to remove more than a dozen Saudi military students from a training program and return them to their home country after an investigation into a deadly shooting by a …