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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…
AP Week in Pictures, North America
Nov. 13-20, 2020
Truck plows into funeral procession in China, killing 9
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in central China said nine people were killed after a truck plowed into a funeral procession early Friday morning.
Israel PM to undergo routine exam under sedation
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a routine examination of his digestive tract on Friday while under sedation, his office said.
AP Photos: Spanish nurses witness grim solitude of COVID-19
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — For nurse Marta Fernández, the fall resurgence of COVID-19 in Spain has been less traumatic in medical terms than during the initial spring outbreak.
The Latest: Hong Kong to close more schools to fight virus
HONG KONG — Hong Kong has suspended in-person classes for lower primary school students after the city’s top health official said the coronavirus situation in the city was rapidly deteriorating.
Ambassador visits Canadians detained in China in Huawei case
BEIJING (AP) — Canada’s ambassador to China has visited a pair of Canadians held for almost two years amid a dispute over the arrest of an executive of Chinese technology giant Huawei.
Pair convicted in pharmacy fire bomb plot to be sentenced
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Nebraska pharmacist and a Maryland drug dealer could each face a decade or more in prison when they are sentenced for a convoluted plot to firebomb a competing pharmacy so they could divert…
Sanders, Warren under scrutiny as Biden weighs Cabinet picks
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, leaders of the Democratic Party's left wing, are at risk of being excluded from the senior ranks of President-elect Joe Biden's administration as the inc…
Asian shares mixed amid tug of war between hope, fear
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Friday after Wall Street eked out modest gains amid a tug of war between worries about the worsening pandemic in the present and optimism that a vaccine will re…
US government executes man convicted of killing Texas teen
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Orlando Hall got stiffed on a drug deal and went to a Texas apartment looking for the two brothers who took his money. They weren't home, but their 16-year-old sister was.
Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In exactly two months, he'll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment a…
Health experts clash over use of certain drugs for COVID-19
Health officials around the world are clashing over the use of certain drugs for COVID-19, leading to different treatment options for patients depending on where they live.
Pictures of Week in Latin America & Caribbean Photo Gallery
NOVEMBER 13 - 19, 2020
Mexico tops 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, 4th country to do so
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths, becoming only the fourth country to do so amid concerns about the lingering physical and psychological scars on survivors.
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CDC pleads with Americans to avoid Thanksgiving travel