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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 …
Rights group condemns Iraq for execution of IS-linked men
BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent rights group condemned Iraq on Tuesday for the mass execution of 21 people, some with suspected links to the Islamic State group, who had been convicted on terrorism charges.
Bad cabling blamed for failed launch of European satellites
BERLIN (AP) — Arianespace said Tuesday that wrong cabling was likely to blame for the failed launch of a rocket that was meant to lift two European satellites into orbit.
House asks justices to put off case over Russia grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is asking the Supreme Court to put off upcoming arguments about whether Congress should have access to secret grand jury testimony from special c…
Palestinians restore Israel ties as annexation fears fade
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Palestinian Authority will restore ties with Israel that it severed in May over Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, a move that will allow it to receive much-needed …
Thai protesters, police clash as MPs mull charter change
BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand battled police who sought to keep them from entering the grounds of Parliament on Tuesday to press for constitutional changes as lawmakers debated whether to back…
Dubai 'jetman' Vincent Reffet killed in training incident
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Dubai's “jetmen," whose flights over the world's tallest building and alongside a jumbo jet with engines strapped to his back wowed watchers online, died Tuesday while trai…
Dubai 'jetman' Vincent Reffy killed in training incident
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Dubai's “jetmen," whose flights over the world's tallest building and alongside a jumbo jet with engines strapped to his back wowed watchers online, died Tuesday while trai…
'Dueling dinosaurs' fossils donated to North Carolina museum
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The fossil skeletons of two dinosaurs intertwined in what looks like a final death match have been donated to a North Carolina museum.
Crump represents families of 2 teens fatally shot in Florida
COCOA, Fla. (AP) — Famed civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump says he is representing the families of two Black teens who were fatally shot by a deputy along Florida's Space Coast last week.
Federal prison left inmates with virus in housing for a week
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prison complex in Louisiana that emerged as an early coronavirus hotspot — with hundreds of inmates suffering from the virus — failed to comply with federal health guidance and left inma…
Virus worries latest hurdle in Florida school shooting case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Concerns about the coronavirus in jail emerged Tuesday as the latest roadblock in the death penalty case against Nikolas Cruz, who is accused in the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people …
Fugitive preacher sparks diplomatic incident in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A preacher who calls himself a prophet has triggered anger, a diplomatic incident and a good amount of head scratching by authorities in South Africa after skipping bail, fleeing the …
German officials ban anti-lockdown protest near parliament
BERLIN (AP) — German officials have cited security concerns in their decision to ban a series of protests planned Wednesday outside the federal parliament by people opposed to coronavirus lockdown measures.
Man thought mom had daughter found in Chicago with sibling
CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old girl who was found alone with her younger sister on a Chicago street says he had thought she was safe with her mother.
Field of tulips joins worried mom with widow battling cancer
When the coronavirus upended daily life, Amy Baird was frightened, like much of the world — for her children and what would become of their school and friends, for her in-laws in their 70s, for her own health marke…