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Updated 1 week, 4 days ago

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
2 shot, killed at Northern California mall on Black Friday

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed two teens at a Northern California mall in the midst of Black Friday, sending shoppers running for safety, authorities said.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Rough rescue: Storms, broken plane force layover for turtles

BOSTON (AP) — They might have gotten there faster by walking, but at any rate, these endangered turtles had a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Ethiopia says its military now controls the Tigray capital

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, the army announced Saturday, after the Tigray government reported that the city of a half-million peo…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Ethiopia's army chief of staff says the military has control of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, Mekele.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's army chief of staff says the military has control of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, Mekele.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Egypt leader in 1st South Sudan visit talks Nile, stability

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — In the first visit by an Egyptian president to South Sudan, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said he and President Salva Kiir discussed regional security and the usage of Nile waters, but he…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
To court Latinos, Democrats have to expand strategy in 2022

PHOENIX (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s campaign credits its success in Arizona to the immigrant-rights and grassroots organizations that have been mobilizing Latinos for nearly two decades. The fruits of their …

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Montana: Revise Conceal Carry Laws (End local govt authority)

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Puppy pipeline runs from Georgia northward to adoptive homes

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Packed in a dog crate, a 3-year-old boxer mix named Sky took flight earlier this month.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Poland: Marches oppose abortion restriction, police violence

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Protesters marched in Warsaw and other Polish cities Saturday against an attempt to restrict abortion rights and the police violence that occurred in response to other recent protests over rep…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Ethiopia's Tigray capital reported to be 'heavily bombarded'

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's military launched an offensive on the Tigray regional capital Saturday in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders, and the city was being “heavily bombarded,” Tigray TV repor…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Correction: Rescued Dogs-Airlift story

MACON, Ga. (AP) — In a story November 27, 2020, about dogs from Georgia being rescued and flown to areas around Washington, D.C., The Associated Press misattributed a quote in the story about the need for help in f…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
French protesters decry bill outlawing use of police images

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, and officers in Paris who were advised t…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Protests over security bill take place across France

PARIS (AP) — Thousands of critics of a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France gathered across the country in protest Saturday, while Paris officers were advised to beh…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Azerbaijan: 4 dead in mine blast in newly retaken region

MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijani authorities say four people were killed and one injured when their car triggered an anti-tank mine in a region that was taken during recent fighting with Armenian forces.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Pope elevating 13 new cardinals in ceremony marked by COVID

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is preparing to formally elevate 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to receive the rank, in a ceremony marked in every way by the coronavirus pandemic: Two of the cardin…