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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…
Psaki, next White House press secretary, a veteran messenger
WASHINGTON (AP) — After four years of President Donald Trump serving as his own chief spokesperson and frequently peddling false information and conspiracy theories in the process, successor Joe Biden is pledging t…
Next for Biden: Naming a health care team as pandemic rages
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. It's hard to imagine more consequential picks.
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6 missing, homes destroyed in southeast Alaska landslide
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Six people were missing after a mudslide measuring an estimated two football fields across slammed into a neighborhood in the southeast Alaska community of Haines, Alaska State Troopers said W…
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms
WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.
Rittenhouse has preliminary hearing on Wisconsin charges
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two men during an August protest in Wisconsin was due in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing in the case.
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
Ivanka Trump deposed as part of inauguration fund lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump has been deposed by attorneys alleging that President Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration committee misused donor funds, a new court filing reveals.
S. Koreans take college entrance exam amid viral resurgence
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of masked students in South Korea, including 35 confirmed COVID-19 patients, took the highly competitive university entrance exam Thursday despite a viral resurgence …
Outspoken Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after being charged with fraud amid crackdown on dissent
HONG KONG (AP) — Outspoken Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail after being charged with fraud amid crackdown on dissent.
Homes destroyed, people may be missing after Alaska mudslide
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Homes are believed to have been destroyed and at least two people are unaccounted for after multiple mudslides in the Alaska community of Haines on Wednesday, authorities said.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help
China: Moon probe preparing to return rock samples to Earth
BEIJING (AP) — China said Thursday its latest lunar probe has finished taking samples of the moon’s surface and sealed them within the spacecraft for return to Earth, the first time such a mission has been attempte…
Home destroyed, people may be missing after Alaska landslide
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — One home is believed to have been destroyed and at least two people are unaccounted for after multiple mudslides in the Alaska community of Haines on Wednesday, authorities said.
Ex-South Carolina sheriff pleads guilty to domestic violence
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina sheriff who previously pleaded guilty to stealing public money and was then