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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 …
Lawyer: Toronto van attack suspect didn't know he was wrong
TORONTO (AP) — The lawyer for a man who admits using a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto said Monday that the defendant has autism spectrum disorder and didn’t know what he was doing was wrong.
Texas man sentenced for death of 2 Kansas carnival vendors
GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the slayings of a Kansas couple who were killed after a carnival worker ordered their deaths as part of a fictitious carnival…
Retirees protest Belarus leader on 100th day since vote
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Crowds of retirees marched Monday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, marking 100 days since mass protests began and became an almost-daily feature of life in the country after authoritarian Pr…
NATO, acting US Pentagon chief discuss Afghanistan
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has spoken to the new acting U.S. defense secretary about the alliance’s commitment to stay in Afghanistan as long as necessary, his spokeswoman said Monday, …
Migrant arrivals putting pressure on Spain's Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish rescue services have located 1,300 migrants in four days in the Atlantic Ocean and transferred them to the southern Canary Islands, further straining local emergency response capabilities as m…
Email: 65 virus cases, with 1 cluster, in WHO Geneva staff
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the coronavirus among staff based at its headquarters, including at least one cluster of infections, an internal email obtained by The Associated…
Mexico explains decision to flood poor, Indigenous areas
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he had to face a tough decision on whether to allow a big city to be flooded, or to direct excess water to poorer, more sparsely populate…
Case dismissed against lawmaker accused of damaging monument
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A judge in Virginia dismissed charges on Monday that were filed against a prominent Black state senator after police said that she and others conspired to damage a Confederate monument in the…
Greece: Bishop's death revives debate on communion safety
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A senior clergyman in Greece’s Orthodox Church was buried Monday after dying of COVID-19, reviving a debate over the safety of receiving communion before the Christmas season.
UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 25,300 refugees fleeing the Tigray region into Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threat…
AP Lifestyles Digest
Here is the AP Lifestyles digest for the week of Nov. 16.
Trump aide promises 'very professional transition' to Biden
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's national security adviser promised a “very professional transition” to the administration of President-elect Joe Biden in an interview broadcast Monday, e…
Michigan governor says she has authority for stay-home order
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus if necessary and called a comment by an adviser to President Donald…
Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trum…
Nigerian army admits shooting in air at deadly protest
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army has said after weeks of denial that its troop did fire shots into the air to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where several peaceful protesters were kille…