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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…
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, November 9, 2020
Biden turns to coronavirus response, names advisory board
BOSTON (AP) — As he begins his transition to the presidency, Joe Biden is pivoting from a bitter campaign battle to another, more pressing fight: reining in
Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with
Embed-Chart-Election 2020-Voter Turnout, ADVISORY
ELECTION 2020-VOTER TURNOUT — Chart. With votes still being counted, turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama. Thi…
Referendum on Trump shatters turnout records
With votes still being counted, turnout in the 2020 presidential election has hit a 50-year high, exceeding the record set by the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama — an extraordinary engagement in what amo…
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ELECTION 2020 BIDEN BLUE WALL-FLIP COUNTIES — Chart. These two digital embeds identify counties in Wisconsin and Michigan that Trump was able to flip Republican in 2016 and colorizes them by their Republican margin…
Merkel: US, Germany must stand together on climate change
BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. and Germany must stand “side by side” in handling the coronavirus pandemic, fighting global warming and terrorism, and in working for “an open global economy and free trade,” German Chancello…
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Trump faces calls to work with Biden team on transition
Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers threaten to resign
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers said Monday that they would resign en masse from the city’s legislative council if the central Chinese government in Beijing disqualifies any of them.
Human toll of incendiary weapons documented in new report
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A new report released Monday documents the use of incendiary weapons and their horrific human cost on civilians over the past decade in conflict zones like Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and …
Libya's rivals start UN-led talks to reach political accord
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Libya’s rival factions began much-awaited political peace talks in Tunisia’s capital on Monday brokered by the United Nations, with a goal of drawing a roadmap to presidential and parliamentar…
Election 2020 Today: Transition limbo, Biden’s new fight
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Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s far-right interior minister, Mart Helme, resigned Monday, a day after he called President-elect Joe Biden and his son Hunter “corrupt characters” without providing further detai…
EU moves ahead with tariffs on US but hopes for Biden change
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union pressed ahead Monday with plans to impose tariffs and other penalties on up to $4 billion worth of U.S. goods and services over illegal American support for plane maker Boeing, bu…
McCarrick: What's known about the abusive US ex-cardinal
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the once-influential American cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican …