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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…
Republicans press Democratic caricatures in Georgia races
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Socialists. Radical extremists. Marxists.
Hong Kong legislature opens; democracy bloc set to resign
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's legislature opened Thursday ahead of the planned mass resignation of its pro-democracy bloc, one day after the government ousted four of its members.
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Texas tops 1 million cases as COVID-19 surge engulfs the US
The Latest: Pennsylvania teachers demand at-home instruction
PHILADELPHIA — The largest teachers union in Pennsylvania is demanding that school districts in nearly two dozen counties with the worst coronavirus outbreaks have students temporarily learn from home.
Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience in the top role in his White House.
Fresno's mayor-elect has COVID-19 after attending party
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Fresno's mayor-elect, Jerry Dyer, has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an election night dinner with a few officials, including a Fresno County supervisor whose diagnosis late last…
Belize electing new government amid rising coronavirus cases
PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Belizeans voted for a new government Wednesday amid concerns over a stagnant economy and rising coronavirus infections, with the ruling party seeking an unprecedented fourth successive te…
AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations in the t…
The Latest: Trump backs McDaniel for another RNC chair term
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North Korea calls UN nuclear watchdog `a marionette' of West
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea called the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog “a marionette dancing to the tune” of hostile Western countries Wednesday, rejecting its information about the country's nuclear program as “gros…
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Veterans Day in 2020: quiet parades, somber virtual events
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Trump's silent public outing belies White House in tumult
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump spent 10 minutes in public honoring America's war veterans — a veneer of normalcy for a White House that's frozen by a defeated president mulling his options, mostly forgoing the mech…
Lawsuit: Former Louisville officer sexually assaulted woman
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who faces criminal charges in the Breonna Taylor raid is being sued by a woman who claims he sexually assaulted her.
Police: Man claims he was headed to kill former U.S. senator
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who claimed he was headed to Missouri to kill former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was arrested Wednesday in Utah after troopers caught him driving up to 130 mph (209.21 kph), according to …