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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are warning American defense companies to increase their security after a wave of sabotage in Europe blamed on Russia. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center issued a public bulletin Thursday advising companies that work in the defense industry that Russia may seek to carry out acts of sabotage as

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City building superintendent has been charged with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked. Prosecutors say Rosalind Hernandez persuaded the victim to grant her power of attorney and then used his checkbook and debit and credit cards to make

Associated Press The decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and a top Hamas official puts them in a small group of leaders to be accused of crimes against humanity. The court issued warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant,

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, his election victory is likely to embolden those who think they can get his ear. There’s the prospect that his second administration could face many of the same perils as his first, when there were influence-peddling scandals. That will test

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-ranking leader of a Mexican drug cartel who lived in the U.S. under a phony identity after faking his own death has been arrested on federal charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez Ochoa — the son-in-law of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation cartel boss known as

Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Heavy gunfire has erupted in South Sudan’s capital of Juba at the home of the country’s former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months. According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with Gen. Akol Koor’s security guards in Juba’s high-end neighborhood of Thongpiny

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan’s capital has barred the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding a planned rally in Islamabad on Sunday, a day before the president of Belarus arrives for an official three-day visit. The ruling Thursday was a setback for the supporters of Khan who planned to

BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a trucking company was sentenced Thursday to two months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for lying to investigators after one of his trucks was accused of causing a crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire. Dunyadar Gasanov pleaded guilty in Springfield, Massachusetts, in August

Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian opposition figure who was detained in Vietnam and extradited to Belarus is facing charges of terrorism and possibly a death penalty. The arrest of 34-year-old Vasil Verameichyk is the latest in the unrelenting crackdown Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has waged on dissent both at home and

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s ruling party has secured a resounding victory in the country’s legislative elections, winning 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Thursday by the national vote counting commission. The win gives newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a clear mandate to carry out ambitious reforms promised during

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina wildlife officials say a bear cub has been returned to the wild after it was pulled from a tree as a person posed for a photo. The state’s Wildlife Resources Commission says the bear was released last month in a remote mountain area. In April, the commission investigated a