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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…
EXPLAINER: The Electoral College meets Monday to cast votes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter will be cast Monday. That's when the Electoral College meets.
Trump returns to court in Wisconsin as time running out
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign was returning to a Wisconsin court on Friday to argue for the state's election results to be overturned, with the Electoral College vote just three days away a…
New York City bars, restaurants pursue adaptation to survive
NEW YORK (AP) — Olivier Conan didn't see how it was going to work, keeping Barbès, his Brooklyn bar/performance space, open through the pandemic when live performances and crowded spaces have been at the top of the…
Trump administration plans 2nd execution as many days
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The Trump administration plans to continue its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-ol…
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Ethiopia returns refugees who fled Tigray fighting, to alarm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a development the United Nations called “disturbing,” Ethiopia on Friday said it is returning thousands of refugees who ran from camps in its Tigray region as war swept through, putting the…
Argentina's lower house approves bill legalizing abortion
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize elective abortions to the 14th week of pregnancy, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in respo…
The Latest: California officials urge citizens to stay home
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — California health officials are urging the state’s residents to stay home as much as possible because of a coronavirus surge taxing the state’s hospitals.
Charges in Beirut port blast stir controversy in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Top Lebanese politicians and the militant Hezbollah group rallied on Friday against charges of negligence levelled against the caretaker prime minister and three former ministers over the massive expl…
Protesting Indian farmers ask top court to scrap new laws
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the quashing of three new laws on agricultural reform which they say will drive down crop prices, as they continued their tw…
Protests continue in Albania over curfew killing by police
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court on Friday ruled that a police officer who shot dead a man in the street during a coronavirus curfew should be held in custody, but protests are set to continue.
In Arizona, Trump's false claims have torn open a GOP rift
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spent much of Donald Trump's presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his fervent defenders. He almost made it through.
Officer shoots woman in Milwaukee suburb, drawing protesters
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A rookie police officer shot and wounded a woman in suburban Milwaukee after the woman began pounding on the officer's squad car with a wooden post, authorities said Friday, marking another pot…
Ethiopia returning refugees who fled fighting in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thousands of refugees fled camps in Ethiopia's Tigray region as war swept through, food
Israelis welcome UAE ownership of controversial soccer club
JERUSALEM (AP) — Fans of an Israeli soccer club long associated with anti-Arab racism gathered on Friday in a show of support for an Emirati businessman's purchase of a stake in the organization, welcoming it as a …