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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-Honduras finalize implementation steps on asylum deal
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — U.S. acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Thursday on a visit to Honduras that the two countries had finalized the steps on implementing an agreement that would send third …
UK, Ireland push for resumption of suspended N Ireland govt
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Ireland say they have struck a deal to restore the Northern Ireland government, exactly three years after it collapsed amid a feud between the main Catholic and Protestant power-sharing pa…
Trump turns to those he has scorned for help on Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — As tensions fester with Iran, President Donald Trump finds himself turning to the very people and entities he’s spent three years dismissing or alienating: NATO, Western allies and U.S. intelligen…
Dad of dead boy found in Denver storage unit pleads guilty
DENVER (AP) — The father of a 7-year-old boy whose body was found in a storage unit pleaded guilty in his death on Thursday under a plea deal with prosecutors.
US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a proposal that calls for ramping up production of plutonium trigge…
Tests indicate Mexico gold bar came from Spanish retreat
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tests conducted on a gold bar found decades ago in Mexico City indicate it was Aztec gold produced around 1520, matching historical accounts of treasure looted by the Spanish conquerors and then …
New charges against SC sheriff including pocketing overtime
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A suspended South Carolina sheriff already facing federal charges was indicted Thursday on state charges that he took money meant to pay overtime for his deputies and had officers convert his …
'Keep Facebook off our beach': Oregonians resist cable plan
TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — A battle playing out in Oregon is pitting residents of a tiny coastal town with no stoplights or cellphone service against one of the world's biggest tech companies.
Former NBA star Charles Barkley donates $1M to Miles College
FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to historically black Miles College.
Mississippi, lacking guards, sends inmates to private prison
Mississippi's prison system signed a 90-day contract to shift 375 inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman to a nearby private lockup, saying it doesn't have the guards to safely keep the inmates…
Iranians shot down jetliner, US, Canadian, UK leaders say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence indicates it is “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran late Tuesday, U.S., Canadian and British officials said Thursday. They said t…
Courts rule for border walls, both public and private
WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews could start building a private border wall in South Texas within the coming days following a federal judge's ruling Thursday that lifted a restraining order against the project.
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Board member resigns from Romance Writers of America
NEW YORK (AP) — Turmoil continued Thursday at the Romance Writers of America as it faced another high-level departure and several publishers announced they would not participate in this summer's annual conference.
Baby right whale spotted with deep wounds off Georgia coast
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A newborn right whale spotted off the coast of Georgia was suffering from deep cuts on either side of its head, dismaying conservationists who closely monitor the southeast U.S. coast during wi…