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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
Super typhoon batters Philippines; 1 million in shelters

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds early Sunday, knocking down power in several towns and prompting the evacuation of about a million people in its …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Queensland premier wins state vote on tough virus response

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The incumbent premier of Queensland won a third consecutive term in Australian state elections in which voters strongly endorsed her government’s tough policies in response to the COVID-1…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested seven people Sunday over scuffles that broke out with security guards during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers in the city’s legislature earlier th…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PA

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final 48 hours of his reel…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Expect a lot more of the same if Trump wins a second term

Expect to see a lot more of the same if there's a second Trump administration.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Australia has no local case 1st time in months

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Police arrest suspect after stabbings in Quebec City

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Police in Quebec City arrested early Sunday a man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a bladed weapon who has left “multiple victims.”

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
70-year-old pulled alive as Turkey quake death toll hits 46

IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, killing at…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Police hunt for suspect after stabbings in Quebec City

QUEBEC CITY (AP) — Police in Quebec City are hunting for a man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a bladed weapon who has left “multiple victims.”

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Hong Kong lawmakers arrested over disruption of legislature

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested seven people Sunday over scuffles that broke out in the city’s legislature during a faceoff between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers earlier this year.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PA

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final 48 hours of his reel…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Asia Today: Australia reports no new local cases

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Minority US contact tracers build trust in diverse cities

SAN DIEGO (AP) — When a contact tracer called the Iraqi woman to say her 18-year-old daughter tested positive for the coronavirus and could quarantine for free in a hotel, the woman panicked — recalling the family'…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Tropical Storm Eta forms, ties record for most named storms

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta formed in the Caribbean late Saturday, tying the record for most named storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season.