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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…
LSU's review request denied in case of frat pledge's death
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from Louisiana State University, which spent years arguing that it should be immune from a lawsuit filed by the parents of a fraternity pledg…
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Libya's east-based forces seize Turkish-owned vessel
CAIRO (AP) — Forces of a Libyan commander who rules the eastern half of the country and who was behind a year-long military attempt to capture the capital, Tripoli, have seized a Turkish vessel heading to the weste…
Avalanche kills 1 skier in Switzerland, snow pummels Austria
BERLIN (AP) — An avalanche killed one skier in Switzerland and Austrian authorities issued avalanche warnings Tuesday for the country's mountainous east after days of heavy snow pummeled the region.
US productivity increased at 4.6% annual rate in third quarter, slower than first estimated
WASHINGTON (AP) — US productivity increased at 4.6% annual rate in third quarter, slower than first estimated.
UAE owner of Israeli club says 'door open' to Arab players
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Emirati businessman who has bought a stake in the controversial Israeli soccer club Beitar Jerusalem said on Tuesday that “the door is open” to adding Arab players to its roster, a step that wo…
Tensions mount in Iraq's northern Kurdish region
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Tensions are high in Iraq's northern Kurdish-run region after a protester was killed following days of angry demonstrations against dominant political parties over salary payment delays.
Bosnia police arrest 7 for crimes from 1992-95 conflict
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested seven former Bosnian Serb police and army fighters on suspicion of committing atrocities against non-Serbs during the country's devastating 199…
The Latest: Trump adviser explains pass on more Pfizer doses
WASHINGTON -- The leader of Operation Warp Speed says the Trump administration was looking at several different vaccines during the summer when it had the option to lock in additional Pfizer vaccine doses.
Protesters block traffic in Armenia demanding PM to resign
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Dozens of protesters took to the streets of the Armenian capital Tuesday, demanding the resignation of the country’s prime minister over his handling of the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nag…
Abu Dhabi investor and new owner of Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club says its 'door is open' to Arab players
JERUSALEM (AP) — Abu Dhabi investor and new owner of Israel's Beitar Jerusalem soccer club says its 'door is open' to Arab players.
The Latest: Britain rolling out 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
LONDON — A 90-year-old retired British shop clerk has received the first shot in the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pa…
Impatience rises as aid still blocked to Ethiopia's Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Impatience is rising as humanitarian officials say they still don’t have access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region more than a week after Ethiopia’s government and the United Nations signed…
Water quality, flooding mean low grade for major watershed
O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A group developed to help improve management of the Mississippi River Watershed has issued it a disappointing report card, and says urgent action and billions of dollars are required to address…
Blasts badly damage 2 Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands
AALSMEER, Netherlands (AP) — Two Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands were badly damaged by explosions early Tuesday, police said. Nobody was injured in the blasts in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, and in a small town…