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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…
Wyoming to help petroleum industry with coronavirus funding
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming will use federal coronavirus relief funding to help petroleum companies move ahead with oil and gas drilling projects interrupted by the pandemic and plug idle wells.
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States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history
The Latest: Vaccine could be available in Mississippi soon
JACKSON, Miss. -- A coronavirus vaccine could be available to health care workers and first responders in Mississippi as soon as next month, the state’s top health officials said Thursday.
Republican senators push for Biden to receive intelligence
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump refuses to allow President-elect Joe Biden to receive intelligence briefings — even those he was getting during the campaign — an increasing number of Trump's allies are …
3 dead, 2 missing from flooding at North Carolina campsite
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Floodwaters from a nearby river overtook recreational vehicles at a North Carolina campsite Thursday, killing three people and leaving two others missing, including a child, an official s…
A few cracks but no big GOP break with Trump on Biden's win
WASHINGTON (AP) — The most powerful Republicans in Washington are standing firmly behind President Donald Trump and his unsupported claims of voter fraud for now, but new cracks emerged among GOP leaders elsewhere …
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump tweets a tall tale of 'deleted' votes
President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Twitter that an election technology firm “deleted” large numbers of his votes or “switched” them to count for Joe Biden — the latest in a series of baseless theories sugges…
National Park Service faces $270M wrongful death claim
DENVER (AP) — The family of a women's rights activist from Uganda has filed a more than $270 million wrongful death and personal injury claim against the National Park Service after she was decapitated by an unsecu…
NY judge urged to reject moving border wall case to Colorado
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday opposed a Colorado man’s request to move his trial out of New York, a legal maneuver that would separate him from a high-profile co-defendant: Steve Bannon.
Officials say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts; actual toll likely higher
BOSTON (AP) — Officials say confirmed coronavirus deaths have surpassed 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts; actual toll likely higher.
U.K. has biggest 1-day jump in confirmed coronavirus cases
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom posted its biggest one-day jump in laboratory-confirmed coronavirus infections Thursday as the government reported 33,470 new cases.
Advisory group worried about rural census, crunched timeline
Members of an advisory committee to the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday that they're concerned rural areas will be undercounted in the
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The Nation's Weather for Friday, November 13, 2020
Eta soaks Florida, races to Atlantic off Georgia, Carolinas
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta dumped blustery rain across north Florida after landfall Thursday morning north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area, and then sped out into the Atlantic off of the…