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A three-day manhunt that began in Putnam County, Ga., ended Thursday in rural Christiana, Tenn., when a homeowner held the two fugitives at gunpoint after they tried to steal his car.

Scientists have recovered cultivated wheat DNA from an 8,000-year-old submerged site off the British coast. The finding suggests hunter-gatherers were trading for the grain long before they grew it.

The Department of the Treasury has identified two individuals, allegedly key figures in North Korea's ballistic missile development program, as targets for new sanctions.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. She is accused of taking $2.3 million in kickbacks for steering no-bid contracts worth $23 million to a former employer.

More than 200,000 people so far have been reported to have the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The first 100,000 were reported over more than three months; the rest got it in just 12 days.

The case drew national attention as a search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs ended when she escaped captivity and led authorities to her kidnapper.

A court in Germany ruled that Heckler & Koch broke the law when it allowed some 4,500 G36 assault rifles to reach Mexican states where drug cartel violence had prompted a ban on such deals.

Rochelle Washington and Latresa Scaff said the singer made sexual advances on them when they were underage in the mid-1990s. The claims come amid a flurry of renewed accusations against R. Kelly.

Four Republicans joined Democrats to approve the measure. And while it is not legally binding, the resolution represents growing frustration inside Congress over the war.

Satellite images show the amount of green vegetation on Earth increasing, despite deforestation. But some of the added greenery has a downside.