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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…
The Masters in November gives golf a big sendoff
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Any optimism that the next Masters will be restored to its full glory of spring blooms and the endless chorus of cheers was dampened only by the reality of the calendar and the recent spikes in …
US voters have spoken: What's next to make it official?
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year's election was not the last step in selecting Joe Biden as the next American president. Under a system that’s been tweaked over two centuries, there is still a weeks-long timeline during…
Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases
Temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks like the ones used at schools and doctor's offices have again proved inadequate for spotting coronavirus infections and preventing outbreaks.
Republican Thom Tillis wins reelection to U.S. Senate from North Carolina
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Thom Tillis wins reelection to U.S. Senate from North Carolina.
The Latest: Republican Tillis keeps N. Carolina Senate seat
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North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff races in Georgia in January if they are to seize Senate cont…
Biden's agenda at stake, battle for Senate pushes to January
WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of the Senate won’t be decided until January
Cyprus locks down southwest over surge in coronavirus cases
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus put its entire southwest under a strict 19-day lockdown Wednesday, banning any non-essential movement of people and shuttering bars and restaurants after a string of escalating restric…
Fiery crash closes bridge linking Ohio, Kentucky 'for days'
CINCINNATI (AP) — A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as intense heat from the blaze delayed inspections of the bridge that serves as a crucial link fo…
Ivory Coast president meets opposition leader amid tensions
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast opposition leader Henri Konan Bedie met with President Alassane Ouattara Wednesday after contesting his re-election to a third term in an effort to start a dialogue to avoid …
Biden moves forward without help from Trump's intel team
WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential race was hovering in limbo in 2000 when outgoing President Bill Clinton decided to let then-Gov. George W. Bush read the ultra-secret daily brief of the nation’s most sensitive in…
The Nation's Weather
The Nation's Weather for Thursday, November 12, 2020
Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eta remained a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon as it prepared to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in Florida and crash ashore in the coming hours somewhere to the nor…
Republicans reprise warnings of leftism in Georgia races
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Socialists. Radical extremists. Marxists.
EXPLAINER: Trump's challenges fail to prove election fraud
A barrage of lawsuits and investigations led by President Donald Trump's campaign and allies has not come close to proving a multi-state failure that would call into question his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.