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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…
The Latest: Atlanta under 2nd ever tropical storm warning
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Zeta (all times CDT):
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The Nation's Weather for Friday, October 30, 2020
Polish president backtracks on abortion view amid protests
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda said Thursday that women themselves should have the right to abortion in case of congenitally damaged fetuses, apparently breaking ranks with a conservative lea…
Short of medics as virus surges, central Europe sounds alarm
KYJOV, Czech Republic (AP) — Soldiers in Poland are giving coronavirus tests. American National Guard troops with medical training are headed to the Czech Republic to work alongside doctors there. A Czech universit…
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Taiwan marks 200 days without domestic COVID-19 infection
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan hit 200 days without any domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, highlighting the island's continued success at keeping the virus under control even as cases surge in ot…
Australian court rules to extradite kidnap suspect to Chile
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge ruled Thursday that a woman wanted in Chile on kidnapping charges dating to Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s can be extradited.
Afghan officials: 8 inmates dead after prison riot in Herat
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Rioting at a prison in western Afghanistan has left at least eight inmates dead, provincial officials said Thursday.
India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 8 million with 120,527 deaths
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Health Ministry says confirmed coronavirus cases have surpassed 8 million with 120,527 deaths.
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Philadelphia pledges better response after Black man's death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police pledged to release 911 tapes and police body camera footage “in the near future” in the shooting death of a Black man with a history of mental health problems, a death that p…
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US Forecast for Friday, October 30, 2020
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi casts her vote in November elections
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot Thursday in advance voting for general elections that are taking place during a surge of coronavirus illnesses.
Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it ripped through the South on Thursday morning, killing at least two, knocking out power to more than 2 million across the region and prompting…