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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…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Rights group says Egypt has freed 3 of its arrested staffers

CAIRO (AP) — Three Egyptian rights workers who were arrested and slapped with terrorism-related charges last month were freed on Thursday after an outcry over the government’s crackdown on one of the last rights gr…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
LA officials stream annual ceremony honoring unknown dead

LOS ANGELES (AP) — During their lives they somehow slipped out of sight to the rest of us, and when death came to these 1,547 residents of Los Angeles County, they had become anonymous to the world.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
California's new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's new virus health order uses ICU capacity to determine what businesses must close in specific regions.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
California governor: Most of state to meet new virus rules

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday most of the state will likely be under a new stay-at-home order within a day or two.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit

CHICAGO (AP) — The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexually abusing sev…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Court: Rittenhouse bound over for trial in protest shootings

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — There is enough evidence to warrant a trial for an Illinois 17-year-old accused of killing two men and wounding a third during a night of unrest in Wisconsin, a court commissioner ruled Thursda…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Pelosi, McConnell discuss COVID relief as pressure builds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Capitol Hill's top leaders spoke about COVID-19 relief and other unfinished business Thursday, adding to tentative optimism that a medium-sized aid package might break free after months of Washing…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Judge dismisses criminal counts in Missouri duck boat deaths

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed neglect and misconduct charges against three employees of a tourist boat that sank on a Missouri lake in 2018, killing 17 people.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Israeli government urges citizens to avoid travel to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, citing threat of Iranian attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli government urges citizens to avoid travel to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, citing threat of Iranian attack.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
4 people thought missing in Alaska landslide found safe

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Four of the six people feared missing after a landslide slammed into a neighborhood in a small Alaska town have been found safe, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
OPEC, Russia agree to nudge up oil production from January

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied countries including Russia agreed Thursday to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels a day from January and will meet monthly to assess the situation, gingerly adding m…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Embed-Table-Trump-Pardons, ADVISORY

TRUMP-PARDONS — Table. This digital embed shows pardons requested and granted by presidents from Donald Trump to Richard Nixon. This table will updated as events warrant. Source: Department of Justice Office of the…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Migrant farm workers allege pesticide exposure in Illinois

CHICAGO (AP) — More than two dozen migrant workers from Texas allege they were sprayed with toxic pesticides while working in Illinois cornfields, according to a federal lawsuit.