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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
Police: Beaten bowling manager asked patrons to wear masks

GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — The manager of a Maryland bowling alley was assaulted after he asked some patrons to wear face masks, police said.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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The Latest: Germany hits a record for daily virus deaths

BERLIN — Germany on Wednesday reported a record 487 new coronavirus deaths — the country's highest daily toll since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
UN says it and Ethiopia have signed a deal to allow "unimpeded" humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — UN says it and Ethiopia have signed a deal to allow "unimpeded" humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
China's space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon

BEIJING (AP) — China’s landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
32 migrants rescued, 2 missing off Greek island of Lesbos

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A search and rescue operation has been launched in the eastern Aegean Sea after a dinghy carrying migrants either sank or overturned off the Greek island of Lesbos, the Greek coast guard said …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
UN, Ethiopia sign deal for humanitarian access to Tigray

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations says it and Ethiopia's government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts now under federal government…

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Thai prime minister acquitted of ethics breach, retains post

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s highest court on Wednesday acquitted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of breaching ethics clauses in the country’s constitution, allowing him to stay in his job at a time he's fending off …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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German man who drove into crowd, killing 5, talks to police

BERLIN (AP) — German police said Wednesday that a man who zig-zagged an SUV at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern city of Trier, killing five people including a 9-month-old baby and seriously …

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The Latest: New cases declining in New Delhi, rest of India

NEW DELHI — India has maintained a declining trend in coronavirus infections with 36,604 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
'Very dark couple of weeks': Morgues and hospitals overflow

Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling newspaper obituary pages and testing the capacity of morgu…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Thai leader faces court ruling that could cost him his job

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has breached ethics clauses in the country’s constitution and should be ousted from his position.