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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…
Nashville names street after civil rights icon John Lewis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials in Nashville, Tennessee, have renamed most of a street after civil rights icon John Lewis, who help desegregate the city's lunch counters before becoming a long-serving congressman…
Kenyan lawyer denies ICC allegations of witness tampering
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Kenyan lawyer appeared before the International Criminal Court as a defendant on Friday and denied allegations that he corruptly influenced prosecution witnesses in investigations in…
Correction: Supreme Court-Tribal Lands story
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In a story November 2, 2020, about the retrial of a man at center of tribal sovereignty ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Jimcy McGirt is a member …
Israel criticized over West Bank home demolitions
KHIRBET HUMSU, West Bank (AP) — Israel has come under heavy criticism after the military demolished several homes and other structures in a Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank this week as much of the world…
AP VoteCast: Trump wins white evangelicals, Catholics split
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump won support from about 8 in 10 white evangelical Christian voters in his race for reelection, but Catholic voters split almost evenly between him and Democratic opponent Joe…
Election officials worried by threats and protesters
Election officials in several closely contested states said they are worried about the safety of their workers amid threats and gatherings of angry protesters outside vote tabulation centers, drawn by President Don…
Dutch PM Rutte condemns threats to teacher over cartoon
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday that threats that forced a teacher in the port city of Rotterdam to go hiding after some students objected to a political cartoon displayed …
Election 2020-General Election, ADVISORY
The US presidential election battle between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden is too early to call. The Election 2020-General Election, Advisory will move daily until the race is resolved.
Former US Rep. Jim Ramstad, champion of recovery, dies at 74
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Minnesota congressman Jim Ramstad, a moderate Republican whose battle with alcoholism led him to become a champion of mental health and recovery issues, has died. He was 73.
AP VoteCast: Voters sour on state of nation
Voters made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate.
US sanctions Hezbollah-allied Lebanese Christian politician
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on Lebanon’s former foreign minister and a leading Christian political ally of the militant Hezbollah group, singling him out for what it said was his rol…
Ethiopian PM announces airstrikes in country's Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia's prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country's well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations “c…
Biden on cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was on the cusp of winning the presidency on Friday as he opened up narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Italy, France consider giving Tunisia migrant boat alerts
ROME (AP) — Italy and France are considering deploying sea or air craft to alert Tunisia to the departure of clandestine boats ferrying migrants north to Italian shores, like the young Tunisian man who is the chief…
AP PHOTOS: The wait continues for a result in US election
The anxiety and the tension are building.