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Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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
Minnesota SOS: Too late to mail ballots -- but not to vote

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's secretary of state said Thursday it's too late for voters to mail back their absentee ballots if they want to make sure their votes count, after an appeals court ruling indicated that…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Malaysian PM's key ally demands early polls in new snag

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The key ally in Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's coalition has called for general elections to be held to establish a stable government once the coronavirus pandemic subside…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
UN chief has plan for eventual peacekeeping exit from Congo

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed a plan with benchmarks that would allow the more than 18,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo to progressively transfer its activities to…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Court: UC can't waffle in phasing out SATs in admissions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Student applicants to the University of California can't submit their standardized test scores with their admissions as the system works to phase out the exam requirements, a state appeals cour…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Trump's diversity training order faces lawsuit

New York (AP) — Three civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order that prohibits federal agencies, contractors and grant recipients from offering certain divers…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Woman goes to prison over powder sent to Sen. Susan Collins

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A woman convicted of mailing a letter containing powder to the Maine home of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was sentenced Thursday to 30 months in prison.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trump meets troops involved in al-Baghdadi raid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Black leopard mauls man who paid to have pictures taken

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — A man was mauled by a captive black leopard in a backyard zoo in South Florida, wildlife officials said.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

'So frustrating': Grave missteps seen in US virus response

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
New Zealanders are rejecting legalizing marijuana in referendum, with some votes still to be counted

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders are rejecting legalizing marijuana in referendum, with some votes still to be counted.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia in a binding referendum

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia in a binding referendum.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Debris falls from supertall NYC skyscraper; no one injured

NEW YORK (AP) — Debris fell from a supertall skyscraper nearing completion in New York City as the top of a crane spun in the wind Thursday evening, but no one was injured, officials said.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Police who shot Wallace were improperly trained, family says

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The footage from body-worn cameras that was taken as police responded to a call about Walter Wallace Jr. shows him emerging from a house with a knife as relatives shout at officers about his men…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country on Thursday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power to at l…