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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
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST

With no action by Washington, states race to offer virus aid

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Police: Man killed dad's cat with frying pan on Thanksgiving

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine have arrested a man accused of killing his father's cat with a frying pan on Thanksgiving — a day after he was released on bail for a separate incident.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Police: DC officer killed by wife in apparent murder-suicide

WALDORF, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman fatally shot her police officer husband and then killed herself, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Sunday, November 29, 2020

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
AP week in pictures from around the globe

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from around the world.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Ethiopia declares victory as military takes Tigray capital

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, and the prime minister said the taking of Mekele marked the “completion”…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Louisiana: Ban Abortion Rights (No requirement to fund)

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Ex-Trump campaign aide sues over Russia probe surveillance

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign associate who was the target of a secret surveillance warrant during the FBI's Russia investigation says in a federal lawsuit that he was the victim of “unlawful spying.”

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Hundreds protest outside Israelí leader's Jerusalem home

JERUSALEM (AP) — About 1,000 protesters gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on Saturday night, pressing ahead with their months-long campaign demanding his r…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Police block Warsaw march against abortion ruling, force use

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police blocked protesters from marching in Poland's capital as demonstrations took place across the country against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and recent police violence.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
UK, France agree new plan to curb Channel migrant crossings

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Saturday that it had struck an agreement with France to double the number of French police patrolling beaches in the country's north in an attempt to stop people crossing t…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Montenegro declares Serbian ambassador persona non grata

PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Montenegro’s outgoing pro-Western government declared the ambassador of neighboring Serbia persona non grata Saturday, reflecting a spike in tensions days before the planned inauguratio…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Pope elevates 13 new cardinals then puts them in their place

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis raised 13 new cardinals to the highest rank in the Catholic hierarchy Saturday and immediately warned them not to use their titles for corrupt, personal gain, presiding over a ceremony mark…