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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 …
US adds more Iran sanctions, confronts doubts about threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ordered new retaliatory economic sanctions on Iran Friday, even as his administration faced persistent questions over its drone strike on an Iranian general that helped igni…
Warrant: Mom left infant who drowned in tub for 'me time'
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 11-month-old Tennessee boy left in a bathtub without supervision has died and his mother is facing charges of murder and abuse after telling authorities she left the child to have some “m…
Baltimore private school: Teacher abused students in '90s
BALTIMORE (AP) — A private school in Baltimore has acknowledged that a former teacher and coach sexually abused students in the 1990s and the academy “could have done more” to determine if others had been harmed.
MIT warns foreign students of possible visits from ICE
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is warning international students that federal immigration officials may visit their work sites to verify that their employment is directly related to their s…
Shoe test adds strange twist to Detroit wrongful conviction
DETROIT (AP) — Blood on the shoe of a 14-year-old Detroit boy who was convicted but subsequently cleared of four murders reveals DNA from one of the victims, state police said after a high-tech analysis by a privat…
NC to mark 75th anniversary of deaths in secret WWII project
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — The Russian ambassador to the U.S. is among those expected to attend a service to mark the 75th anniversary of the deaths of five people during a top-secret World War II mission when hun…
Official: DNA test to confirm coyote link to Chicago attacks
CHICAGO (AP) — DNA tests to determine if a coyote captured on Chicago's North Side is the same animal that attacked a 6-year-old boy will take weeks to complete, a city animal control official said Friday.
Ruling barring discharge of HIV-positive airmen upheld
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An injunction barring the Trump administration from discharging two Air Force members who are HIV-positive was upheld Friday by a federal appeals court panel that called the military's rational…
AP-United States-Iran, ADVISORY
The U.S. is promising to take “appropriate action” in response to its assessment that an Iranian missile was responsible for downing a Ukrainian jetliner while Iran denies that one of its missiles hit the plane. Al…
Virginia lawmakers vote to ban guns at state Capitol, the first in what's expected to be many contentious gun votes
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers vote to ban guns at state Capitol, the first in what's expected to be many contentious gun votes.
Virginia lawmakers ban guns at state Capitol
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers voted Friday to ban firearms at the state Capitol, the first in what's expected to be many contentious gun votes in coming weeks.
Israel frees 2 more Syrians in swap for soldier's remains
MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — Israel released two more Syrian prisoners back to the occupied Golan Heights on Friday, a second goodwill gesture to Russia for helping find the remains of an Israeli soldier miss…
Vegas 'black widow' murderer free on parole after 20 years
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — One of Nevada’s most notorious convicted murderers, dubbed a “black widow killer,” was released from prison Friday, 25 years after her millionaire husband’s burned remains were found ou…
Bulgarian minister charged with causing city's water crisis
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's prime minister has sacked his environment minister after he was charged with deliberate mismanagement of water supplies for a city in western Bulgaria.
Lawyers in religious tuition case readying for Supreme Court
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Lawyers for Maine families that want the state to pay their religious school tuition said Friday they'll appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if an appellate court rules in favor of the state.