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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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Biden Iowa trip shows Dem confidence as Trump plays defense
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — When Joe Biden was last in Iowa,
Sweden charges 2 over Chechen critic hammer assault
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish domestic security agency said two individuals have been charged with attempted murder and accessory to attempted murder in a February hammer attack on a blogger and critic of Chechen le…
Empty Parisian sidewalks as France enters day 1 of lockdown
PARIS (AP) — The scenes in Paris resembled a regular lazy weekend morning — light traffic, a sprinkling of people on the sidewalks. But this was a Friday.
Ivory Coast tensions rise as president seeks 3rd term
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Opposition activists are threatening to block access to polling stations Saturday in an effort to disrupt the presidential election in Ivory Coast, where incumbent Alassane Ouattara is s…
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Mahathir says remarks on French attacks taken out of context
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad stood by his widely condemned comments on attacks by Muslim extremists in France, saying Friday that they were taken out of context and critici…
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Biden returns to Iowa; Trump plays defense in Mich., Wis.
The Latest: Hong Kong raid leads to 100K counterfeit masks
HONG KONG — Customs agents in the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong have seized 100,000 counterfeit face masks and arrested one person in what the government called the largest operation of its kind on record.
As anger rises, thousands of Muslims protest French cartoons
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of Muslims, from Pakistan to Lebanon to the Palestinian territories, poured out of prayer services to join anti-France protests on Friday, as the French president's vow …
Qatar says officials behind forced examinations of women at airport referred to prosecutors for possible charges
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar says officials behind forced examinations of women at airport referred to prosecutors for possible charges.
Qatar: Officials behind women exams referred to prosecutors
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar said Friday it referred officials at its international airport to prosecutors for possible charges after women aboard Qatar Airways flights faced forced vaginal examinations…
Poland activists vow largest protest yet over abortion ban
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Throngs of people poured into downtown Warsaw on Friday to join what women's rights activists vowed would be the largest street demonstration in more than a week of mass nationwide protests ag…
New arrest after France church attack, security tightened
NICE, France (AP) — Mourners lit candles and prayed silently Friday to honor the three people who were killed in a French church by a young Tunisian, as France heightened security nationwide amid religious and geop…
Former Turkish PM and veteran politician Mesut Yilmaz dies
ISTANBUL (AP) — Mesut Yilmaz, a former Turkish prime minister and veteran politician who served as premier three times during a tumultuous political era in his country, died Friday at age 72, the official Anadolu n…