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Army takes custody of Gorge shooting suspect
MOSES LAKE — The Army has taken custody of the soldier accused of killing two people and injuring several others d…
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit
Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, January 4, 2021
Honduran migrant gives birth on Mexico-US border bridge
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Sunday that a Honduran woman gave birth on the Mexican side of the border bridge linking Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Biden, Trump warn of high stakes of Georgia Senate runoffs
Clues about post-Trump politics await in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — For more than four years, President Donald Trump has dominated the Republican Party and the whole of American politics. Now Georgia gets to decide what comes next.
The Latest: Denmark begins shutting down nationwide
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark is shutting down nationwide, with shopping malls and department stores ordered to close as of Wednesday and small shops — except for food stores and pharmacies — told to shut as of Dec…
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The Latest: California sees record cases, deaths
LOS ANGELES -- California has reported more than 53,000 new coronavirus cases and 293 deaths, setting new records as hospitals struggled to keep up with the surge.
Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The first COVID-19 vaccinations are underway at U.S. nursing homes, where the virus has killed more than 110,000 people, even as the nation struggles to contain a surge so alarming it has…
'If not one thing, it's another': Storm rolls into Northeast
NEW YORK (AP) — A major snowstorm rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday at a key moment in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the
The Latest: CT bans semitrailers on some roads for 12 hours
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest developments on the winter storm moving across the Northeast (all times local):
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
A pandemic atlas: How COVID-19 took over the world in 2020
Houston-area priest gets 10 years for child indecency counts
CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Houston-area Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to a decade in prison on Wednesday for abusing children at his church more than 20 years ago.
Nigerians anxious after 330 boys kidnapped by extremists
KANKARA, Nigeria (AP) — Anger, fear and exhaustion. Anxiety has overwhelmed many parents in Nigeria’s northern Kankara village who await word on their sons who are among the more than 330 kidnapped by extremists fr…
US Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina says he has COVID-19
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is the latest member of South Carolina's congressional delegation to test positive for the coronavirus, announcing his test result Wednesday just hours after speaking on t…
Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia
KASSERINE, Tunisia (AP) — In his old life, Hosni Kalaia remembers strolling the streets of his hometown of Kasserine in central Tunisia with confidence. He flashed his heavy gold bracelets and rings, and puffed out…