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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
Mexican regulators ban showing president's full conferences

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s election regulatory agency announced Tuesday it will ban media outlets from transmitting at full length President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s daily morning news conferences.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

WASHINGTON (AP) — This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Missing cat turns up 3 years after California disaster

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A pet cat believed killed along with her owner in a huge mudslide has been found three years later.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
US to require all arriving passengers to get COVID-19 test

NEW YORK (AP) — Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
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Trump takes no responsibility for riot, visits Texas

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
FBI: QAnon backer from Iowa was among 1st to breach Capitol

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A right-wing conspiracy theorist from Iowa was among the first to break into the U.S. Capitol during last week's deadly pro-Trump insurrection, chasing and menacing a Black police officer, fe…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Yellen's Senate confirmation hearing expected Jan. 19

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hold a confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen on Jan. 19, two sources familiar with the planning said Tuesday.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Man photographed in Pelosi's chair goes to court

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Illinois' top doctor receives COVID-19 vaccine

CHICAGO — Illinois’ top doctor has received a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in suburban Chicago.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
CDC expands COVID-19 testing to all air passengers before entering the US

NEW YORK (AP) — CDC expands COVID-19 testing to all air passengers before entering the US.

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Cuba condemns new US sanctions, hopes for better with Biden

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is convinced that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden does not believe the Caribbean island nation sponsors terrorism, a senior Cuban diplomat said Tuesday, a day after the outgoing U.S. administratio…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
House races to oust Trump; he blames accusers for US 'anger'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House rushed ahead Tuesday toward impeaching President Donald Trump for the deadly Capitol attack, taking time only to try to persuade his vice president to push him out first. Trump show…

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
The Latest: Firefighter photographed in Capitol is charged

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout from the attack of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local):

Updated 5 years, 3 months ago
Environmentalists fight move to reduce beetle's protections

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An environmental group said Tuesday that it plans to sue the U.S. government over a decision to reclassify a large scavenging beetle as threatened instead of endangered.