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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…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Portugal's president mourns virus victims

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal’s president has marked a day of national mourning for COVID-19 victims with a ceremony outside his riverside “pink palace.”

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, November 2, 2020

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Global Forecast-Celsius

Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Monday, November 2, 2020

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Rescuers weep with joy as Turkey pulls 2 girls from rubble

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — In scenes that captured Turkey's emotional roller-coaster after a deadly earthquake, rescue workers dug two girls out alive Monday from the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings three days af…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Tens of thousands in Bangladesh protest against France

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of Muslims marched in the streets of Bangladesh's capital on Monday in the country's largest protest yet against the French president's support of secular laws that allow …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EST

Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads

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Lyon man questioned by police over Greek priest shooting

GENEVA (AP) — A Greek Orthodox parishioner who was recently caught on video scuffling with a Lyon priest who was shot outside his church and hospitalized over the weekend says local police raided his home on Monday.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Libya's warring sides discuss implementing cease-fire

CAIRO (AP) — Military leaders from Libya’s warring sides arrived Monday in the oasis town of Ghadames, the United Nations said, for the first face-to-face talks inside Libya since last year's attack on the capital …

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The Nation's Weather

The Nation's Weather for Tuesday, November 3, 2020

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What a fluke: Dutch whale tail sculpture catches metro train

SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (AP) — This really was a fluke.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Indonesian Muslims protest France's defense of cartoon

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded French Embassy in Indonesia’s capital on Monday to protest France’s president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricature…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Hurricane Eta forms in Caribbean Sea, forecasters say; slated to bring heavy rain, wind, storm surge to Central America

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Eta forms in Caribbean Sea, forecasters say; slated to bring heavy rain, wind, storm surge to Central America.

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Hurricane Eta threatens to bring heavy rain, storm surge

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — New Hurricane Eta quickly gained force Monday as it headed for Central America, threatening massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region.

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Philippines: 16 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — At least 16 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Turkey pulls 2 girls out of rubble three days after quake

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — In what one rescue worker called “a miracle,” extraction teams brought two girls out alive Monday from the wreckage of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish city of Izmir, three da…