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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 …
Armed with faith: Movie shows World War II exploits of unarmed medic
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Desmond Doss climbed up Hacksaw Ridge — a 400-foot high escarpment on the island of Okinawa with a wall of dug in Japanese soldiers at …
Parole considered for Manson's 'right-hand man'
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California parole officials were considering Thursday whether Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cu…
Police evict Dakota oil pipeline protesters from private land
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — A months-long protest over the Dakota Access oil pipeline reached its most chaotic pitch yet when hundreds of law enforcement officers moved in to force activists off private property.
Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that b…
Police officer shoots, kills man at Montana hotel
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a 32-year-old Wyoming man at a Billings hotel early Thursday, Police Chief Rich St. John said.
No injuries after Pence plane slides off runway in New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s campaign plane slid off a runway during a rainstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Thursday, tearing up concrete before coming to rest on a …
Federal judge blocks abortion regulations in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked new Alabama abortion restrictions that sought to ban clinics near schools and outlaw a common second trimester abortion procedure.
Clinton runs up campaign cash advantage over Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton entered the final phase of her presidential bid with a resounding campaign cash advantage over Donald Trump.
Something is happening: Bob Dylan wins Nobel in literature
NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate. In the book world’s equivalent of a Supreme Court ruling, the Nobel judges declared Thursday that Dylan is not just …
Gripped by grief, Thais mourn death of beloved monarch
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand began its first day in 70 years without a king on Friday in a profound state of mourning, with the government declaring a public holida…
Ivanka Trump praises her 'great dad,' avoids assault claims, tape controversy
MALVERN, Pa. — Donald Trump’s daughter on Thursday called him “a great dad” and “a leader who helps people grow into their full potential.”
Key figure in Oregon refuge standoff seeks to withdraw plea
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A military veteran who joined Ammon Bundy at the very beginning of the Oregon standoff case wants to withdraw his guilty plea.
Nigeria says 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls freed in swap with Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Twenty-one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago were freed Thursday in a swap for detained leade…
Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to 20 in NC
RALEIGH, N.C. — As some in North Carolina returned to a sense of normalcy Wednesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, residents near the rain-swollen Neus…
Activists clash with Portland police as council OKs contract
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police used pepper spray and arrested 10 people as demonstrators stormed City Hall in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday trying to stop the City Council from voting on a new police contract that incl…