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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…
Colleagues defend UK interior minister accused of bullying
LONDON (AP) — Members of Britain’s Conservative government defended the country’s interior minister on Friday after an investigation reportedly found she broke ministerial rules by bullying staff.
Global tech giants threaten to leave Pakistan over new rules
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Internet and technology companies have threatened to leave Pakistan after the government granted blanket powers to authorities to censor digital content, a move critics say was aimed at curtailing …
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CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel
Trump, allies make frantic steps to overturn Biden's victory
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part of a longs…
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Burundi says office of UN special envoy no longer welcome
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi is no longer welcoming the United Nations special envoy to the East African nation, asserting that peace has been achieved after a deadly political crisis.
Burkina Faso to vote amid escalating violence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso will vote in presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, amid escalating extremist violence that’s killed more than 2,000 people this year and displaced some one …
Court rejects McCann suspect's appeal in separate rape case
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court has dismissed an appeal against the rape conviction of a man who is currently also being investigated over the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann.
Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, leaders of
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing
Death toll at 37 in Uganda unrest after Bobi Wine's arrest
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll from protests over the arrest of Ugandan opposition presidential hopeful and musician Bobi Wine has risen to 37, police said Friday. This is the country’s worst unrest in a dec…
UN: Pandemic tough on millions of Mideast, NAfrican children
CAIRO (AP) — The global pandemic and ensuing lockdown have taken their toll on the mental and physical well-being of millions of kids in the Middle East and North Africa, the U.N. children's agency said Friday.
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California: End Diversity Ban (In government policies)
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Virginia: Establish Redistricting Commission (Of legislators,
Israel PM healthy after routine exam under sedation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in good health after two small colon polyps were detected and removed during a routine examination on Friday, his office said.