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Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Belize electing new government amid rising coronavirus cases

PUNTA GORDA, Belize (AP) — Belizeans elect a new government Wednesday amid concerns over a stagnant economy and rising coronavirus infections, with the ruling party seeking an unprecedented fourth successive term i…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

States cite smooth election, despite Trump's baseless claims

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
The Latest: Official says China may miss winter virus surge

BEIJING — A leading Chinese health official is expressing confidence that the country may avoid a second wave of coronavirus infections this winter if it maintains the precautions currently in place.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Democrats capture House control for 2 more years, but probably with fewer seats, complicating pathway for their agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats capture House control for 2 more years, but probably with fewer seats, complicating pathway for their agenda.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Dems clinch House control, but majority likely to shrink

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week's elections that has left them divided and with scant margi…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
States cite smooth election, despite Trump's baseless claims

ATLANTA (AP) — The 2020 election unfolded smoothly across the country and without any widespread irregularities, according to state officials and election experts, a stark contrast to the baseless claims of fraud b…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EST

US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Modi's party, allies leading vote in India's Bihar state

PATNA, India (AP) — India’s ruling party and its allies were leading the vote results in a key state election seen as a barometer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic an…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Puerto Rico unearths uncounted ballots 1 week after election

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it has discovered more than 100 briefcases containing uncounted ballots a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, d…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infections that show…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Calls to punish police who fired at Mexico women's protest

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun were urged Tuesday to punish police who fired into the air to disperse a protest over the killings of women, but they disagreed over whether state or m…