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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…
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Survivors count 54 dead after Ethiopia massacre, group says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Survivors of a massacre by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the latest attack in which members of ethnic minorities have been deliberately targete…
Fearing election unrest, U.S. businesses are getting ready
Judging by the plywood, it’s shaping up to be an Election Day like no other.
Lawyers on standby if cloudy election outcome heads to court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Signature matches. Late-arriving absentee votes. Drop boxes. Secrecy envelopes.
'Raw exposed nerves': Anxious nation awaits Election Day
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — She could have dropped her ballot at the post office, but she wasn’t sure if she should trust the mail. She considered slipping it into the secured ballot box just outside of City Hall, but wha…
Kenosha prepares for election, two months after unrest
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Early voters waiting in line at Kenosha’s municipal offices couldn’t miss the dozens of buildings still boarded up in this little lakefront city. They might have passed the post office with its…
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Eta grows into major hurricane on path to Central America, likely to bring catastrophic winds, flooding
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Eta grows into major hurricane on path to Central America, likely to bring catastrophic winds, flooding.
Report: South Dakota official distracted before fatal crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed a pedestrian in September, state Secretary of Public Safety C…
Hospitals competing for nurses as US coronavirus cases surge
FENTON, Michigan (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help — especially in rural areas a…
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Major Hurricane Eta threatens to bring flooding, storm surge
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — New Hurricane Eta quickly gained force Monday, erupting into a major hurricane as it headed for Central America, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region.