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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…
N.C. elections director blocks mom's ballot after her death
BOLIVIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina elections director had to ask members of her board to reject her mother’s absentee ballot because she died several weeks before the general election.
The Latest: Azar expects virus vaccine 'continuity'
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is trying to tamp down concerns the stalled transition of power to President-Elect Joe Biden will scramble the government’s efforts to distribute the COVID…
Remains of 3 found in Colorado, triggering manhunt for felon
DENVER (AP) — Authorities in southern Colorado said Wednesday that they are searching for a suspect in connection with the discovery of the remains of three people near a rural hamlet.
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Federal execution nears for man who killed Texas teenager
The latest inmate set to be put to death as part of the
New York City schools to close again as virus rate rises
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to …
El Salvador taps new DC lobbyist in pivot to Biden
MIAMI (AP) — El Salvador has awarded a $780,000 lobby contract to a three-week old Washington firm set up to promote investment as President Nayib Bukele, a staunch Trump ally, seeks to pivot toward Joe Biden’s $4 …
'Tired to the bone': Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical centers in search…
Embed-Map-Virus Outbreak-US Daily New Cases, ADVISORY
VIRUS OUTBREAK-US DAILY NEW CASES — Map. This digital embed of a U.S. county map, shows the 7-day rolling average for reported COVID-19 new cases per capita. This map will update automatically each day. Source: Joh…
Trump pushes new environmental rollbacks on way out the door
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Down to its final weeks, the Trump administration is working to push through dozens of environmental rollbacks that could weaken century-old protections for migratory birds, expand Arctic dri…
South Carolina schedules execution but doesn't have drugs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state of South Carolina has scheduled what could be its first execution in nearly a decade, but corrections officials say they don't have any lethal injection drugs to carry it out.
Wind in forecast raises fears after Nevada fire burns homes
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another lashing of strong winds expected in northern Nevada raised concerns Wednesday about reviving a wildfire that roared through a neighborhood in Reno in similar weather a day earlier, destroy…
New York City schools to close again as city fights virus
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to …
US drops drug trafficking charges against ex-Mexican general
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday formally dropped a drug trafficking and money laundering case against a former Mexican defense secretary, a stunning reversal that came after a pressure campaign from M…