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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
AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT

State leaders facing 2nd wave resist steps to curb virus

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
AP News Digest 6 p.m.

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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Octobrrrr? Early snowfall blankets much of northeast US

BOSTON (AP) — If you had snow in October on your 2020 bingo card, you're a lucky winner.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers clues

As early voting breaks records across the U.S., political analysts and campaigns are reviewing reams of data on the voters, looking for clues to key questions: Who is voting? And who is winning?

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Minnesota Democrats ramp up push for absentee ballot turnout

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democrats and election officials on Friday urged people with absentee ballots not yet mailed to drop them off by hand or vote in person, a day after an appellate court’s ruling raised q…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Four accused of altering virus tests to enter Brazil beach

SAO PAULO (AP) — Four tourists were arrested in Brazil for allegedly falsifying COVID-19 tests in an attempt to reach what some say is the world’s most beautiful beach.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Court-ordered robocalls sent to 'electoral terror' victims

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 30,000 recipients of what a judge described as “electoral terror” robocalls designed to scare people from voting in four states including Ohio and Pennsylvania received new court-ordered call…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Report: US turning away asylum-seekers at border is flawed

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The head of the Department of Homeland Security ordered border agents to stop asylum-seekers from stepping on U.S. soil at official crossings with Mexico in 2018, undercutting public statements at …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Trump pitches 'back to normal' as Biden warns of tough days

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump dangled a promise to get a weary, fearful nation “back to normal” on Friday as he looked to campaign past the political damage of the devastating pandemic. It…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Illinois judge OKs extradition of 17-year-old accused in Kenosha shootings to face homicide charges in Wisconsin.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Election 2020, ADVISORY

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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Social issues a priority for cardinal-to-be Wilton Gregory

Washington, D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, soon to become the Roman Catholic Church’s first Black cardinal from the United States, hopes the U.S. hierarchy can broaden its concept of “pro-life” so that other press…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
El Salvador landslide kills 9; 35 missing

NEJAPA, El Salvador (AP) — At least nine people were killed and 35 were missing after a landslide during torrential rains in El Salvador, civil defense officials said Friday.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
GOP Arkansas candidate faces criticism over Klan costume

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A Republican candidate for the Arkansas Senate who dressed up like a member of the Ku Klux Klan for a Halloween event when he was in high school is facing criticism from former classmates a…