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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 …
St. Louis prosecutor's appeal in McCloskey case turned away
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court on Friday denied St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's appeal challenging the disqualification of her office from prosecuting Mark McCloskey who, along with his wife…
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Colorado officers won’t be charged for detaining Black girls
DENVER (AP) — Suburban Denver police officers won’t be charged after detaining four Black girls by gunpoint this summer and handcuffing two of them after wrongly suspecting they were riding in a stolen car, prosecu…
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NATO scrambled around 350 times for Russian jets in 2020
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says that Russian military activity near the alliance's airspace increased slightly this year as its jets across Europe scrambled more than 400 times to escort or shadow unknown aircraft.
Court upholds ban on order letting states refuse refugees
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a ruling halting an executive order by President Donald Trump that gave state and local governments the ability to shut out refugees.
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With virus surging, Biden to speed release of COVID vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal o…
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The Latest: Biden calls on Senate to quickly confirm Cabinet
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Pakistani PM asks Shiites to bury coal miners killed by IS
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister on Friday appealed on protesting minority Shiites not to link the burial of 11 coal miners from their Hazara community, killed by the Islamic State group last week,…
White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A white man who deliberately
Pelosi seeks to curb Trump's nuclear power, plans to impeach
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats laid plans Friday for impeaching President Donald Trump, even as he's headed out of the White House, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of S…
The Latest: Biden plans to speed release of virus vaccines
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll speed release of coronavirus vaccines when he takes office Jan. 20.