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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…
EXPLAINER: Calling a race is tricky: How AP does it
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legi…
EXPLAINER: Senate majority outcome may take weeks or more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thirty-five U.S. Senate seats are on the ballot Tuesday, which will determine control of the legislative chamber for the next two years.
Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning on Tuesday to honor the 22 people killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, which was claimed by the Islamic State grou…
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Nebraska: Allow Racetrack Gaming (Constitutional Amendment)
EXPLAINER: From the 2020 election, some new political terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — “So 2020” is a new phrase that made its way into America’s political lexicon this year.
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake
IZMIR, TURKEY (AP) — Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece and as h…
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Alaska: Open Primary, Ranked Choice GE (Primary top four go to GE)
Ivory Coast electoral commission says Ouattara wins 3rd term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Tuesday that President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term in office after his two main opponents boycotted the election and cal…
Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's top security official says a third person has died following Vienna shooting.
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Washington: Require Sex Education (Allow SB 5395)
Norway's Larsen resigns as think tank CEO over Epstein link
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Former Norwegian diplomat and politician Terje Rød Larsen, an architect of the Oslo peace accords, has resigned as president and CEO of the International Peace Institute and apologized for his…
Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says that President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast’s electoral commission says that President Alassane Ouattara has overwhelmingly won a third term.
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Nevada: Create List of Voter Rights (Constitutional Amendment)
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Florida: Top-Two Open Primaries (for State Offices)