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UPDATED: Former Moses Lake doctor arrested after shootout with U.S. Marshals in Florida

The vehicle Steffens was riding in was struck several times during a shootout with U.S. Marshals and other law enforcement agencies.

STUART, Fla. — Former Moses Lake surgeon Thomas Earl Steffens, 72, has been arrested in Florida after an altercati…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago

Ethiopian PM defends military operations in Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday defended military operations against the country’s well-armed Tigray region after accusing its government of a deadly attack on a military base this week, a…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago

North Denmark in lockdown over mutated mink coronavirus fear

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than a quarter million Danes went into lockdown Friday in a northern region of the country where a mutated variation of the coronavirus has infected minks being farmed for their fur,…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago

Indonesians collect old phones to help students get online

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When a garbage collector came to Ghina Ghaliya’s house in the Indonesian capital and asked if she had an old mobile phone his children could use to access the internet, it sparked an idea …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago

Evacuation begins as Indonesia's most active volcano rumbles

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities began evacuating people living on the volatile Mount Merapi volcano’s fertile slopes on Friday following an increase in volcanic activity.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago