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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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Tanzanian opposition leader rejects presidential election
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s leading opposition candidate has rejected Wednesday’s presidential vote after alleging widespread irregularities, saying on Thursday that whatever happened was not an election and w…
Saudi state-run news agency says man detained after he stabbed, slightly wounded guard at French Consulate in Jiddah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state-run news agency says man detained after he stabbed, slightly wounded guard at French Consulate in Jiddah.
Saudi man arrested after stabbing guard at French Consulate
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi man stabbed and slightly wounded a guard at the French Consulate in the city of Jiddah on Thursday, authorities said, as France urged its citizens in the kingdom to be “on…
The Latest: Germany taking COVID-19 patients from neighbors
BERLIN — Germany has begun taking in COVID-19 patients from neighboring countries like it did during the height of the pandemic's first wave in the spring.
The Latest: Nearly 2 million without power across the South
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Chinese leaders target ascent as a 'technology power'
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders vowed Thursday to speed up its development as a self-reliant “technology power” as a feud with Washington cuts access to U.S. components and hampers Beijing’s industrial ambitions.
UK's Lloyds bank returns to profit on housing market rebound
LONDON (AP) — British's Lloyds Banking Group returned to profit in the third quarter of the year as it benefited from a rebound in the housing market after the coronavirus lockdown of the spring was eased.
3 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected
PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France, which has grown incr…
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2 dead in knife attack in French church; terrorism suspected
PARIS (AP) — French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed two people and wounded several others at a time when French authorities are …
China blasts US charges against agents seeking man's return
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused the U.S. of seeking to smear Beijing's efforts to pursue fugitives, a day after the Justice Department charged eight people with seeking to coerce a New Jersey man who was w…
Merkel warns Germans of a 'difficult winter' as virus surges
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.
French anti-terrorism prosecutor now investigating knife attack at Nice church that killed 2
PARIS (AP) — French anti-terrorism prosecutor now investigating knife attack at Nice church that killed 2.
French police: 2 dead in knife attack near church in Nice
PARIS (AP) — French police say two people have been killed and several others injured in a knife attack near a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice.