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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…
Tradition: 2 New Hampshire towns cast votes after midnight
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Two tiny New Hampshire communities that vote for president just after the stroke of midnight on Election Day have cast their ballots, with one of them marking 60 years since the traditio…
EXPLAINER: What's 270? The math game behind the US election
WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s all this hubbub about 270?
China regulators summon Ant Group executives ahead of IPO
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese regulators summoned Ant Group founder Jack Ma and two other senior executives to a meeting just days before the company's shares are due to begin trading following a blockbuster offering ex…
EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term. The inaugural ceremony at the …
EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s a fair chance Americans won’t know the winner of Tuesday’s presidential election while it's still Tuesday — or maybe even Wednesday.
It's here: What to watch on Election Day in America
Election Day is finally here.
CORRECTION: Turkish rescuers pull girl out alive from the rubble 4 days after strong earthquake (Deletes word 'baby')
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — CORRECTION: Turkish rescuers pull girl out alive from the rubble 4 days after strong earthquake (Deletes word 'baby').
Afghans mourn those killed in horrific IS university attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan declared a national day of mourning Tuesday to honor the 22 mostly students killed in a horrific attack a day earlier on Kabul University, claimed by the Islamic State group. A…
Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake
IZMIR, TURKEY (AP) — Turkish rescuers in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir have pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Gre…
Aramco earnings up in Q3, but still far less than last year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's oil and gas giant Aramco announced Tuesday third quarter profits of nearly $12 billion, a significantly higher net income from its dramatically lower second quarter…
4 dead in Vienna shooting; attacker sympathized with IS
VIENNA (AP) — Austria's top security official said that four people have died — including one assailant — and fifteen people were wounded in a shooting in the heart of Vienna late Monday.
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a campaign marked by rancor and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic t…
Ivory Coast electoral commission says Ouattara won 3rd term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Tuesday that President Alassane Ouattara had overwhelmingly won a third term in office after his two main opponents boycotted the election.
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.
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…