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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…
American idle: New Hampshire House holds drive-in session
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Bumper-to-bumper parking replaced the usual shoulder-to-shoulder seating for the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday as one of the world’s largest legislative bodies convened fro…
Amazon pledges $2B for affordable housing in 3 US cities
SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon has announced $2 billion in loans and grants to secure affordable housing in three U.S. cities where it has major operations, including a Seattle suburb where the online retail giant employs a…
AP VoteCast: Warnock relied on Black and young voters to win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s
The Latest: Republicans object to Arizona vote for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress’ tally of the
Republicans object to election tally in Arizona, forcing votes in House and Senate on Biden's victory in state
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans object to election tally in Arizona, forcing votes in House and Senate on Biden's victory in state.
Congress convenes to confirm Biden while Trump allies object
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress convened Wednesday for an extraordinary joint session to confirm the
The Latest: Trump seems to acknowledge GOP losses in Ga.
The Latest on the
Zimbabwe jails 3 for having New Year's party despite ban
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court has jailed three men who organized a New Year’s Eve party attended by thousands of people in the capital, Harare, in violation of COVID-19 regulations at a time the countr…
Death of 9 nuns highlights toll of coronavirus in convents
LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) — Through the month of December, mixed in with joyful Christmas messages, death announcements filled the Facebook page of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet as a coronavirus outbreak took its…
Thousands cheer Trump at rally protesting election results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several thousand protesters cheered President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud at a rally near the White House on Wednesday ahead of Congress' vote to affirm President-elect …
The Latest: Trump keeps up pressure on Pence to subvert vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress’ tally of the
The Latest: Britain's Johnson talks lockdown, hospital surge
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged his government would use “every available second” to shield the elderly and the vulnerable from the coronavirus rampaging across Britain.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claims on a day of reckoning
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed his hopeless case for overturning the election results before a crowd of supporters Wednesday as Congress opened a joint session to count the electoral votes affirmi…
Swiss extend virus-related closures through end of February
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities announced plans on Wednesday to shut all restaurants, bars, sports facilities and cultural institutions through February in response to persistently high coronavirus transmission rat…
Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two people fa…