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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…
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Thousands rally behind Trump, insisting he won race he lost
Iota threatens 2nd hurricane strike for Nicaragua, Honduras
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Iota was strengthening in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, threatening a second major hurricane strike for Nicaragua and Honduras, countries recently clobbered by a Category…
EXPLAINER: Why poll watcher complaints don't amount to fraud
President Donald Trump's legal allies have launched a flurry of lawsuits arguing that widespread fraud could have been committed because its poll watchers didn't get proper access to the voting process. Most of tho…
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns
Mexico reaches 1 million virus cases, nears 100,000 deaths
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico on Saturday topped 1 million registered coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed deaths, though officials agree the number is probably much higher.
US, Israel worked together to track and kill al-Qaida No. 2
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump…
Health official: Mexico has registered more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Health official: Mexico has registered more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases.
Judge: DHS head didn't have authority to suspend DACA
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York ruled Saturday that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully, a determination that invalidated Wolf's suspension of the …
Thousands rally behind Trump, insisting he won race he lost
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fervent supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade in adulation when he detoured for a drive-by…
Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremony to be closed to public
HONOLULU (AP) — The annual Remembrance Day ceremony to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor will be closed to the public this year and streamed online as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST
Surging virus cases get a shrug in many Midwestern towns
Authorities 'following every lead' into Black teen's death
NEW IBERIA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff said Saturday that his office is “working hard to ensure no stone is left unturned” in determining what led to the death of a Black 15-year-old whose disappearance sparked…
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Baltimore to pay about $8M in police corruption settlement
BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore officials are set to approve a roughly $8 million settlement to two men who went to prison after drugs were planted on them a decade ago during an encounter with members of a rogue police…