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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…
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 Thu…
State Dept: Pompeo's wife cleared of travel ethics charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Thursday that a report by its independent watchdog has concluded that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife did not violate federal regulations or ethics rules by traveli…
Israel, Morocco to normalize ties; US shifts W Sahara policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations as President Donald Trump, in his final weeks in office, announced the fourth Arab-Israeli agreement in four months on Thursday. In a related …
Feds detail work to address crisis of missing Native people
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has hired 11 specialized coordinators to help develop national standards to address the crisis of missing and slain Native American women as concerns mount over the level of…
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UK hospitals told to improve after maternity scandal report
LONDON (AP) — A review into a scandal-hit English hospital trust has found a pattern of failures and poor maternal care that led in some cases to avoidable deaths and harm to mothers and newborns, and said grieving…
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Family: Ohio deputy shot Black man in the back several times
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A preliminary autopsy report of a Black man killed by an Ohio deputy last week showed clear signs of him being shot in the back multiple times, an attorney for the victim's family said Thursda…
Hundreds of Hondurans gather to walk in caravan to the U.S.
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Hundreds of Hondurans, many devastated by recent hurricanes, were setting out on a trek toward the United States on Thursday, a week after the country's president himself visited Was…
Kenya to compensate rape victims from violence 13 years ago
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan high court on Thursday ordered the government to compensate four victims of sexual attacks by security agents during post-election violence 13 years ago.
Legislative election leaves Venezuela in political standoff
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro has cemented formal control over all major institutions of power in Venezuela with authorities reporting Monday that his political alliance easily won a majority i…
Watchdog faults VA chief over handling of sex assault report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronted with a sexual assault allegation at a veterans hospital, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie repeatedly sought to discredit the congressional aide who made the complaint and his st…
Argentine congress debates abortion rights; activists gather
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine lawmakers debated far into the night Thursday over a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases as demonstrators for and against the initiative gathered in separate are…
EU member states, MEPs agree to take terror content down
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member states and lawmakers reached a provisional deal Thursday to take down terror content online within an hour of its being posted.