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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…
Trump tweets words 'he won;' says vote rigged, not conceding
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump worked Sunday to take back an apparent acknowledgement that Joe Biden won the White House and was making clear he would keep trying to overturn the election result.
The Latest: India registers over 30,000 new virus cases
NEW DELHI — India has registered 30,548 new confirmed coronaviruses cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest in the last four months but amid growing concerns of the latest surge in the capital New Delhi.
Here comes Santa Claus - with face masks and plexiglass
NEW YORK (AP) — Santa Claus is coming to the mall — just don’t try to sit on his lap.
Fire in Hong Kong apartment building kills 7, injures 11
HONG KONG (AP) — Authorities in Hong Kong said at least seven people were killed and 11 inured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a Hindu religious gathering.
Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, a career diplomat who became one of the country’s most prominent faces to the outside world during the uprising against President Bashar Assad, died on Monda…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Poll workers contract virus, but Election Day link unclear
Jetliner hits brown bear while landing in southeast Alaska
YAKUTAT, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska Airlines jetliner struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening, killing the animal and causing damage to the plane, officials said.
Fire in Hong Kong residential area kills 7, injures 12
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities said a fire at an apartment building in a crowded residential district has killed at least seven people and injured another 12.
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump t…
Lawsuit alleging abuse at former WVa school settled for $52M
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at a now-closed northern West Virginia boarding school has been settled for $52 million.
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff
Fire in Hong Kong residential neighborhood turns deadly
HONG KONG (AP) — City authorities said a fire in a crowded residential district in Hong Kong has “caused a number of deaths and injuries,” with local media putting the number of dead at seven.
SpaceX launches 2nd crew, regular station crew flights begin
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company.
Hurricane Iota heads for already battered Central America
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Iota rapidly gained strength after becoming the 13th hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday, threatening to bring dangerous winds and rains to Nicaragua and Honduras — countries recently …
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff