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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 …

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Video shows car driving at deputy in teens' fatal shooting

COCOA, Fla. (AP) — Video released by a Florida sheriff's office shows two deputies pulling their weapons and one firing at a car as it drives at him in a shooting that killed two Black teenagers.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Suspect sought after remains of 3 found in southern Colorado

DENVER (AP) — Authorities in southern Colorado said Wednesday they are searching for a suspect in connection with the discovery of the remains of three people near a rural hamlet.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Iota's devastation comes into focus in storm-weary Nicaragua

MACIZO DE PEÑAS BLANCAS, Nicaragua (AP) — The devastation caused by Hurricane Iota became clearer Wednesday as images emerged showing piles of wind-tossed lumber that used to be homes and concrete walls that were p…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Army to reconsider discharge rulings on veterans with PTSD

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Army has agreed to reconsider its issuing of thousands of less-than-honorable discharges to service members with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health problems, acc…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
3 dead in protests in Uganda's capital as Bobi Wine arrested

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Police in Uganda said three people died and 38 were injured in protests that broke out on Wednesday in Uganda’s capital after police arrested Bobi Wine, a musician and opposition politician w…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
City repeals noise rule on only Mississippi abortion clinic

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's capital city has repealed a year-old local law that sought to restrict noise levels outside the state's only abortion clinic by limiting amplified sound and banning protesters fr…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Egyptian group: 2 employees arrested after diplomats’ visit

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian rights group said Wednesday that security forces arrested two of its employees, the latest in a years-long crackdown on dissent and rights advocates by the government.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Spain opens 2nd migrant camp on overrun Gran Canaria island

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s government is scrambling to manage the steady stream of migrants to its Canary Islands from West Africa by opening a second holding camp, officials said Wednesday, as political tensi…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
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UK police arrest man over IRA bombings of pubs in 1974

LONDON (AP) — Police arrested a man Wednesday in Northern Ireland in connection with the 1974 bombings of two pubs that killed 21 people and injured more than 200 in Birmingham, England.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Empty desks: Coronavirus robs US classrooms of teachers

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — In July, fourth-grade teacher Susanne Michael was ecstatic as she celebrated the adoption of a former student from a troubled home and two of the girl's brothers. For the festivities, Michael d…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Lawsuit: HUD perpetuated racial segregation in Hartford area

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has perpetuated racial segregation in Connecticut's capital by failing to help poor Black and Hispanic families living in dilapidated, fed…

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Edwin Edwards hospitalized again, this time with pneumonia

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been hospitalized with pneumonia, only days after he was released from a prior stay for breathing problems.

Updated 5 years, 10 months ago
Kenyans fear they're on their own as COVID-19 surges again

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan doctor died of COVID-19 over the weekend after no bed for him in an intensive care unit was available. Other doctors say they cannot afford the treatment they administer to COVID-19 p…