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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
Navy says it will decommission warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson caused extensive damage in July

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy says it will decommission warship docked off San Diego after suspected arson caused extensive damage in July.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Egypt slams Italy’s push for trial in 2016 scholar's killing

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors on Monday slammed their Italian counterparts’ push to have five Egyptian police and intelligence officers stand trial in Italy over the 2016 abduction, torture and killing of an It…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Passenger van rams into bus amid fog in Pakistan, killing 13

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding van carrying passengers crashed into a bus in foggy weather in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 17 others, a government official and rescuers said.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Americans face new COVID-19 restrictions after Thanksgiving

Americans returning from Thanksgiving break faced strict new coronavirus measures around the country Monday as health officials brace for a disastrous worsening of the nationwide surge because of holiday gatherings…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Sen. Grassley returns to Senate after coronavirus isolation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, is back in the Senate on Monday after testing positive for coronavirus two weeks …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Croatia’s Prime Minister tests positive

ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
UK not to hold inquiry into Belfast lawyer's murder in 1989

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government said Monday that it has decided against holding a public inquiry into the murder more than three decades ago of a Belfast attorney who specialized in defending Irish Republican Ar…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Arizona certifies Biden's narrow victory over Trump

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials certified the state's election results on Monday, formalizing Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory over Donald Trump even as the Republican president's attorneys continued to make ba…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
5 takeaways: Top donor sold access for foreign cash

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Imaad Zuberi once had the ear of top Democrats and Republicans alike — a reach that included private meetings with then-Vice President Joe Biden and VIP access at Donald Trump’s inauguration. But…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Colorado to offer sales tax relief, state grants

DENVER — Citing Congress’ failure to pass a new coronavirus economic relief package, Colorado’s Democrat-led Legislature convened on Monday in a special session called by Gov. Jared Polis to pass bills offering sal…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Arizona certifies Biden's victory over Trump

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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Iowa board to certify 6-vote Republican win in US House race

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials on Monday were expected to certify a Republican candidate as the winner by six votes of an open seat in the U.S. House, in what is shaping up to be the closest congressional el…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Turkey announces weeknight and weekend curfews to curb virus

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president on Monday announced the country's most widespread lockdown so far amid a surge in COVID-19 infections, extending curfews to weeknights and putting a full lockdown in place over th…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
SC officials say they can't obtain drugs by Friday execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials say they have to delay an execution scheduled for Friday because they won't be able to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs.