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U.S.-born terrorist pleads guilty in 'mini al Qaeda' case

A New Yorker accused of trying to start what prosecutors called "a mini al Qaeda cell" pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of conspiracy and providing material support to a terrorist organization.

An indictment had alleged that Wesam El-Hanafi ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Roman Catholic nuns began a nine-state bus tour protesting proposed federal budget cuts Monday, saying they weren't trying to flout recent Vatican criticisms of socially active nuns but felt called to show how Republican policies are affecting low-income families.

The tour was organized ...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Friends and ex-colleagues of Jerry Sandusky testified Monday on behalf of the former Penn State assistant football coach as his defense sought to counter claims of prosecution witnesses that he sexually abused boys in the shower on Penn State's campus.

The testimony came on what was a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Nearly all of the state's abortion clinics are expected to remain open under a tougher law that raises surgical and sanitation standards as a response to grotesque conditions discovered at a Philadelphia clinic two years ago, state officials said Monday.

The law takes effect Tuesday, six months ...

CAPISTRANO BEACH, Calif. — After months of investigation, federal regulators have determined that design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive water through California's troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant, a top federal regulator said.

The twin-reactor plant between Los Angeles and ...

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A Fort Wayne man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for bludgeoning to death and dismembering a 9-year-old girl he was baby-sitting just days before Christmas.

Michael Plumadore last month pleaded guilty to murder, abuse of a corpse and removing a dead body from ...