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Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida
STUART, Flor. — Former Moses Lake physician Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an alterc…
Loeffler campaign: She had 'no idea' she posed with neo-Nazi
ATLANTA (AP) — The campaign of Georgia Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is disavowing a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist at a recent campaign event, with less tha…
Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was fatally shot by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of a Christmas choral concert, police said.
The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., civil rights advocate, dies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Rev. James L. Netters Sr., a civil rights advocate who was one of the first Black members of the Memphis City Council, has died. He was 93.
US investigating computer hacks of government agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into the networks of federal agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments as U.S. government officials said Sunday that they were working to identify the scope of the bre…
White House, other top officials to get early vaccine access
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior U.S. government officials, including some White House officials who work in close proximity to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, will be offered coronavirus vaccines as …
Loeffler campaign condemns photo with white supremacist
ATLANTA (AP) — The campaign of Georgia Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is condemning a photo circulating on social media of her posing with a longtime white supremacist at a recent campaign event, with less tha…
Police shoot gunman after shots fired outside New York City cathedral
NEW YORK (AP) — Police shoot gunman after shots fired outside New York City cathedral.
Man shot by police after shooting at Manhattan cathedral
NEW YORK (AP) — A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon.
US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration
CHICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration is planning an unprecedented five more federal executions before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, starting with a Texas street-gang member set to be put to death thi…
Los Angeles suspect arrested in Mexico on 2017 murder charge
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man wanted in the 2017 killing of the mother of his young child in South Los Angeles has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said.
US looking into possible Treasury Department computer hack
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council.
Vandals hit Black churches during weekend pro-Trump rallies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vandals tore down a Black Lives Matter banner and sign from two historic Black churches in downtown Washington and set the banner ablaze as nighttime clashes Saturday between pro-Donald Trump supp…
Correction: Federal Executions story
CHICAGO (AP) — In a story first published on Dec. 9, 2020, about a Dec. 10 federal execution in Terre Haute, Ind., The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of a former federal prosecutor. She is Ang…
Iran sentences British-Iranian researcher to 9 years in jail
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran sentenced a British-Iranian anthropologist who has studied child marriage and female genital mutilation to nine years in jail and fined him over $700,000 in cash, the semiofficial Tasnim ne…
VIRUS TODAY: Vaccines are on the way to states
Here’s what’s happening Sunday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: