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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…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Do masks with antiviral coating offer more protection?

Do masks with antiviral coating offer more protection?

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Gunmen kill local union leader in southwestern Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a local union leader outside a mosque in southwestern Pakistan before fleeing the scene, police and a spokesman for the merchants union said Tue…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Hong Kong journalist charged as press freedom fears grow

HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong journalist appeared in court Tuesday on charges of making false statements while obtaining information from a vehicle database, amid growing concerns that press freedom is at risk in th…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Florida cities mop up after deluge from Tropical Storm Eta

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Cities in South Florida mopped up after Tropical Storm Eta flooded some urban areas with a deluge that swamped entire neighborhoods and filled some homes with rising water that did not …

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Peru impeachment plunges nation into new political turmoil

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru tumbled into political turmoil Tuesday as anger mounted over a vote by Congress to oust the country’s popular president over his handling of the pandemic and unproven allegations of corruptio…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Biden defends health care law as high court mulls its fate

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration's signature health law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it.

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law

WASHINGTON (AP) — A week after the 2020 election, Republican elected officials and the Trump administration are advancing their latest arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, a long-held GOP goal that has …

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Candidate concessions have been colorful, funny — or absent

WASHINGTON (AP) — Losing presidential candidates have conceded to their opponents in private chats, telegrams, phone calls and nationally televised speeches. Al Gore conceded twice in the same race. President Donal…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
GOP backs Trump as he fights election results, transition

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden’s team and Attorne…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Today in History

Today in History

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Thousands of followers of a firebrand cleric joyfully welcomed him at an Indonesian airport early Tuesday as he returned home from a 3-year exile in Saudi Arabia after criminal charges inc…

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

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

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins

Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday: