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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 …
Military pay raise at risk in dispute over Confederate bases
WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual defense policy measure that has passed Congress every year since the Kennedy administration is in danger of cratering next month over a move by Democrats to rename military bases, such a…
Former guard sentenced for smuggling contraband into prison
MIAMI (AP) — A former federal prison guard in South Florida was sentenced Thursday to 5 years and 10 months in prison for smuggling cell phones, cigarettes and other contraband into the facility where he worked.
More than 100 displaced after fire ravages California town
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A week before Thanksgiving, more than 100 residents were displaced Thursday by a wind-whipped wildfire that ravaged a remote mountain community in California and killed one person, authorities sa…
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Heading into holidays, US COVID-19 testing strained again
Biden chides Trump for lack of cooperation on vaccine
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden met Thursday with governors from both parties and criticized President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to block the peaceful transition of power, saying it was hindering the f…
Illegal border crossings rise for sixth straight month
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. border authorities stopped people entering the country illegally from Mexico more than 69,000 times in October, the sixth straight monthly increase and the highest level since July 2019.
Georgia to release report on presidential race hand tally
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia election officials said they expected to release a report Thursday on a hand tally of the presidential race, and they have repeatedly said they expect it to affirm Democrat Joe Biden's narrow…
Minor discrepancies at heart of GOP effort to overturn vote
Poll book problems, unbalanced precincts and false reads are at the heart of the Republican Party's long shot efforts to toss out thousands of votes in Detroit and other largely Black cities that contributed to Joe…
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Mexico says it wants its ex-officials tried in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's foreign secretary said Thursday the country no longer wants officials accused of corruption to be put on trial in the United States, a move that could scale back a tradition that saw mos…
Wisconsin issues recount order in 2 counties as Trump wanted
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission issued an order Thursday to recount more than 800,000 ballots cast in two heavily liberal counties at President Donald Trump's request.
Teen in Wisconsin protest deaths used pandemic funds for gun
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teenager who is charged with shooting three people, including two fatally, during a Wisconsin protest over police brutality said he used pandemic relief funds to pay for the assault…
Official: Italy to start COVID vaccinations in January
MILAN (AP) — A significant number of Italians who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should have received their shots by next September, Italy’s special commissioner for the virus emergency said Thursday.
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part of a longs…