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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 …
Biden's agenda at stake, battle for Senate pushes to January
WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Senate won’t be decided until January
Cyprus locks down southwest over surge in coronavirus cases
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus put its entire southwest under a strict 19-day lockdown Wednesday, banning any non-essential movement of people and shuttering bars and restaurants after a string of escalating restric…
Fiery crash closes bridge linking Ohio, Kentucky 'for days'
CINCINNATI (AP) — A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as intense heat from the blaze delayed inspections of the bridge that serves as a crucial link fo…
Ivory Coast president meets opposition leader amid tensions
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie met with President Alassane Ouattara Wednesday after contesting his re-election to a third term in an effort to start a dialogue to avoid …
Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel team
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive in…
The Nation's Weather
The Nation's Weather for Thursday, November 12, 2020
Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eta remained a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon as it prepared to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in Florida and crash ashore in the coming hours somewhere to the nor…
Republicans reprise warnings of leftism in Georgia races
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Socialists. Radical extremists. Marxists.
EXPLAINER: Trump's challenges fail to prove election fraud
A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump's campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.
Nurse charged with murder of 8 babies at UK hospital
LONDON (AP) — A British nurse was charged Wednesday with murdering eight babies and trying to kill another 10 at a hospital in northwest England.
Car crashes into London police station, no injuries reported
LONDON (AP) — London police said a man was arrested after a car crashed into a police station in north London Wednesday. There were no injuries reported, and it was unclear how the crash occurred.
Texas tops 1 million cases as COVID-19 surge engulfs the US
Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of coronavirus infections engulfs the country.
Sweden to ban sale of alcohol after 10pm to curb COVID-19
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's prime minister said Wednesday his government will present a law proposal that would ban nationwide the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m. in bars, restaurants and night clubs from Nov. 20 in an…
Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past
Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study.
COVID-19 surges nationwide; Texas tops 1 million cases
Texas on Wednesday became the first state with more than 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, and California closed in on that mark as a surge of infections engulfs the country from coast to coast.