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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…
Lebanon begins two-week lockdown to limit spread of virus
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese police on Saturday patrolled the streets of the capital Beirut, ordering shops to close as the country began a two-week lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus that has killed dozens …
Low-key arrival for St. Nicholas amid Dutch restrictions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Saint Nicholas, the gift-bearing patron saint of children, arrived in the Netherlands on Saturday amid a partial coronavirus lockdown that forced the cancellation of celebrations in ma…
Thai protesters rally again, promoting a diversity of causes
BANGKOK (AP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand rallied again on Saturday, promoting a diversity of causes and taking an opportunity to display their rejection of the country’s power structure directly to the m…
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Egypt unveils ancient coffins, statues found in Saqqara
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo.
US top diplomat arrives in France on difficult 7-nation tour
PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Paris, at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East, travels that were certain to be awkward since all the nations on his s…
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Ethiopia's Tigray region bombs airports as conflict spreads
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray regional government said Saturday it fired rockets at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region as a deadly conflict threatens to spread into other parts of Afric…
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Iota threatens 2nd tropical strike for Nicaragua, Honduras
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Iota was brewing in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, threatening a second tropical strike for Nicaragua and Honduras, countries recently clobbered by a Category 4 Hurricane …
Pakistan says it has evidence of India sponsoring attacks
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Saturday said India was sponsoring “terrorism” aimed at destabilizing the country and targeting its economic partnership with China, accusations that top Pakistani officials delivered a…
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UK nurse accused in murder of 8 babies denied bail
LONDON (AP) — A British judge has denied bail to a nurse accused of murdering eight babies and the attempted murder of 10 other infants in a hospital’s neonatal unit.
Lebanese general was in Syria over missing American reporter
BEIRUT (AP) — A top Lebanese security official said Saturday that he visited Syria for two days to speak with officials there about American journalist Austin Tice, who has been missing in the war-torn country sinc…