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White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Suspected Russian hack fuels new US action on cybersecurity

By Ben Fox And Alan Suderman Feb. 19, 2021 01:16 AM EST

California COVID-19 benefits fraud could reach $9.8 billion

Jan. 15, 2021 09:18 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims — more than double the previous estimate — with...

Young men scroll on their smart phones in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its own people, tracking civilians’ mobile phones to halt the spread of the coronavirus. But months later, the tool’s effectiveness is being called into question and critics say its use has come at an immeasurable cost to the country’s democratic principles. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israel's virus surveillance tool tests its democratic norms

By Tia Goldenberg Jan. 01, 2021 01:19 AM EST

The construction of a planned vaccination center is presented by the Berlin authorities during a media event at the 'Arena Berlin' event venue in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Berlin city authorites will set up six vaccine center until the end of the month. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Germany readies vaccine centers amid security concerns

Dec. 04, 2020 09:32 AM EST

People wearing face mask walk along Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Australia’s highest court on Friday upheld a state’s border closure and dismissed billionaire businessman Clive Palmer’s argument that the pandemic measure was unconstitutional.(James Ross/AAP Images via AP)
Australia inquiry says police should guard hotel quarantine

Nov. 05, 2020 10:45 PM EST

A woman holds a placard that reads, "go," right, and a child holds another reading, "bring our democracy back," during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Israeli government has extended an emergency provision that bars public gatherings, including widespread protests against Netanyahu, for an additional week. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israeli government extends ban that limits public protests

By Ilan Ben Zion Oct. 08, 2020 05:43 AM EDT

In this photo released by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, talks to Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the new Emir of Kuwait, right, in Kuwait, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The new emir replaced his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, seen in portrait, who died in the United States at the age of 91 last month.  (KUNA via AP)
Kuwaiti National Guard figure picked as next crown prince

By Isabel Debre Oct. 07, 2020 06:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appears at the window before speaking on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A London court has heard that Julian Assange’s conversations in the latter part of his seven-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet. Two anonymous witnesses who worked for a Spanish firm with a security contract at the embassy said the WikiLeaks founder faced an intensifying bugging operation after Donald Trump became U.S. president. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Assange bugged while at Ecuadorian Embassy, UK court told

By Pan Pylas Sep. 30, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

The new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, waves after he performed the constitutional oath at the Kuwaiti National Assembly in Kuwait, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Kuwait's Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother after a long career in the security services. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
Sheikh Nawaf sworn in as Kuwait's new ruling emir

By Isabel Debre Sep. 30, 2020 08:01 AM EDT

Joe Luevano, left, helps his son, Che Luevano, move out of Whitney Hall at California State University, Chico, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Chico, Calif. California State University, Chico canceled its limited number of in-person classes Monday and told students in an urgently toned message to vacate campus housing by the weekend after nearly 30 people tested positive for the coronavirus days after the fall semester started. (Carin Dorghalli/Chico Enterprise-Record via AP)
No in-person classes at Chico State due to virus infections

By Jocelyn Gecker And Olga R. Rodriguez Aug. 31, 2020 01:17 PM EDT

A beach is almost empty during a lockdown after a 48 hour lockdown was imposed following the discovery of the first local coronavirus cases in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Hamas extends Gaza lockdown for 72 hours as virus spreads

By Fares Akram Aug. 26, 2020 05:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo taken on Thursday, March 30, 2017, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, right, shows a V-sign for the media in court in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in an intensive care unit in Siberia after falling ill from suspected poisoning that his allies believe is linked to his political activity. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman, File)
Russia's Navalny in coma, allegedly poisoned by toxic tea

By Daria Litvinova Aug. 20, 2020 10:51 AM EDT

People wearing masks visit a food market that was shut down in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, as markets, shopping malls, gyms are reopen as Israel seeks to exit the virus lockdown in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israeli security head calls for halt in virus phone tracking

Jun. 08, 2020 01:56 PM EDT

This undated image provided by Jason Nixon, shows a photo of Jason and his wife Kate Nixon, prior to last years shooting that took the life of Kate Nixon in Virginia Beach, Va. As the shooting's one-year anniversary approaches, some of the victim's family members say the rampage is effectively forgotten. “We were a flash in the pan,” Nixon said. “I think that we should have had a lot more attention. It’s not normal for someone to wake up and go murder 12 people.” (Jason Nixon via AP)
A year later, motive of Virginia mass shooting still unclear

By Ben Finley May. 30, 2020 07:53 AM EDT

Suburban Denver Walmart shuttered after 3 coronavirus deaths

By James Anderson And Colleen Slevin Apr. 24, 2020 01:23 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — Health officials have ordered the closure of a Walmart in suburban Denver as three people connected to the store died after being infected with...

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