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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
At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age of coronavirus. Masks and gloves. Zippered plastic …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Asia Today: Vietnam reports 1st local infection in 89 days

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese authorities are conducting intensive contact tracing after discovering the country's first confirmed local transmission of the coronavirus in 89 days.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Red Cross chief urges vaccine 'fake news' fight

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the world’s largest humanitarian network is urging governments and institutions to combat “fake news” about COVID-19 vaccines which has become “a second pandemic” and start buildin…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
18-year-old arrested in deadly California mall shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with a Black Friday shooting at a Sacramento mall that killed two brothers, police announced Monday.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Olympic rings back in Tokyo Bay; a sign of hope in pandemic

TOKYO (AP) — The five Olympic rings are back in Tokyo Bay.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Matera loses captaincy, among 3 players suspended by Pumas

SYDNEY (AP) — Pablo Matera has been stripped of the captaincy of the Argentina national rugby team and suspended along with two teammates over historic social media posts which have been deemed “discriminatory and …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Democrat concedes in US House race north of LA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Christy Smith conceded Monday in a knife-edged loss to Republican rival Mike Garcia, who retained his Congressional seat in the 25th District north of Los Angeles.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
New Zealand joins Australia in denouncing China's tweet

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to a chil…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Man with Aryan Brotherhood ties pleads guilty in drug case

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man affiliated with the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood prison gang pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin and methamphetamine inside and outside California's priso…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST

Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Trump headed to Georgia as turnout driver, but also a threat

ATLANTA (AP) — Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party’s ability to win a Senate majority and counter Presi…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Man dies after 50-foot fall in North Carolina state park

DANBURY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man died Sunday after falling nearly 50 feet in a popular section of Hanging Rock State Park, state officials said.