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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…
GOP campaigns asks that late absentee ballots be separated
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The campaigns for President Donald Trump and Republican state legislative candidates are petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court to separate all mailed ballots received after Election Day in case…
Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and …
The Latest: Merkel condemns Nice attack, vigil planned
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a
Tanzania's opposition says vote 'spit in face of democracy'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Whatever happened on Wednesday wasn't an election and was like “spitting in the face of democracy," Tanzania’s leading opposition candidate said Thursday, while the United States noted “credib…
France goes on maximum alert after attack at church kills 3
PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people inside a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said, prompting the country to raise its security alert status to the h…
US economy grew at record 33.1% annual rate last quarter in rebound from virus-caused plunge, but recovery is incomplete
WASHINGTON (AP) — US economy grew at record 33.1% annual rate last quarter in rebound from virus-caused plunge, but recovery is incomplete.
Merkel warns of 'difficult winter' as virus surges in Europe
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans to expect a “difficult winter” as the number of newly reported coronavirus cases in the country hit a new high Thursday, neighboring France prepared to resume lif…
European Central Bank holds off on strengthening stimulus
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank held off from strengthening its stimulus programs despite growing concern that a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases could stall the economy’s recovery from the deep …
China's leaders vow to become self-reliant technology power
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are vowing to make their country a self-reliant “technology power” as a feud with Washington cuts access to U.S. computer chips and other high-tech components, hampering Beijing’s ind…
France raises its alert level to maximum after Nice attack
PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister says the country is going on emergency alert after the killings of three people at the Notre Dame Basilica in the southern city of Nice.
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, October 29, 2020
Georgia officials: Zeta causes second death in the South when a falling tree kills a man
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia officials: Zeta causes second death in the South when a falling tree kills a man.
The Latest: Storm's high winds blamed in Georgia man's death
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Zeta (all times CDT):
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Global Forecast as of 23:00 GMT Thursday, October 29, 2020
Report slams UK's Labour Party for tolerating anti-Semitism
LONDON (AP) — Officials in Britain's opposition Labour Party failed to stamp out anti-Semitism and committed “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination” against members of the Jewish community, the U.K. equali…