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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…
Dems head toward House control, but struggle to gain seats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove Wednesday toward extending their control of the House for two more years, but their expectations of expanding their majority seemed tenuous as they lost three incumbents and failed…
Republican Greg Gianforte wins election for governor in Montana
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Greg Gianforte wins election for governor in Montana.
Joe Biden tells supporters in Delaware 'we just have to be patient' in waiting for election results
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden tells supporters in Delaware 'we just have to be patient' in waiting for election results.
Push to relax drug laws gains big victories on state ballots
A nationwide push to relax drug laws took a significant step forward Tuesday as more states legalized marijuana for adults and voters made Oregon the first state to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of …
2020 Latest: Biden wins at least 1 electoral vote from Maine
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Protesters gather near White House, no wide unrest seen
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 people protesting President Donald Trump converged on Black Lives Matter Plaza on Tuesday night, just a block from the White House, while hundreds more marched through parts of dow…
Mississippi approves flag with magnolia, ‘In God We Trust’
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” with voters approving the design Tuesday. It replaces a Confederate-themed flag state lawmakers retired …
Trump wins Florida, locked in other tight races with Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump carried Florida, the nation's most prized battleground state, and he and Democrat Joe Biden were increasingly focused early Wednesday on the three Northern industrial states…
Iowa GOP Sen. Ernst elected to 2nd term after heated race
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Joni Ernst won reelection to her Iowa U.S. Senate seat Tuesday after an expensive and at times bruising race against Democrat Theresa Greenfield.
Donald Trump wins Montana
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins Montana.
Democrat Ben Ray Lujan wins election to U.S. Senate from New Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Ben Ray Lujan wins election to U.S. Senate from New Mexico.
Joe Biden wins Hawaii
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins Hawaii.
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
Biden, Trump locked in tight races in battleground states
Joe Biden wins Minnesota
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins Minnesota.
Hurricane Eta lashes Nicaragua with rains, deadly mudslides
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Hurricane Eta continues to spin across northern Nicaragua after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of Tuesday, isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly lands…