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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…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Zeta begins to batter Mississippi's Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Zeta (all times CDT):

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FBI says extremist threatened Trump, Obama in online posts

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man charged in an alleged conspiracy to

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The Latest: Harris calls Trump pandemic response a 'failure'

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The Latest: Roofs blown away: 'Zeta gave us a good punch'

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Zeta (all times CDT):

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Lawyers: Cop video of shooting of 2 Blacks suggests coverup

DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — A body camera worn by a suburban Chicago police officer who shot a black couple in their car was only turned on moments after the shooting — a fact that the lawyers representing the woman s…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Anchorage officials say city on 'dangerous path'

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Officials in Anchorage, Alaska, say the city is on a “dangerous path” as coronavirus cases rise and are urging people to avoid gatherings and follow orders to wear masks in public.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Even Mexico's tough-luck saint has tough year in 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s patron saint of lost causes and difficult cases had a tough day Wednesday, drawing only a fraction of the huge crowd he normally gets for his annual celebration.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Perdue, Ossoff meet in 2nd Georgia Senate debate

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff met in Savannah for their second debate Wednesday night in a bitter race in which both sides have flooded the airwaves wit…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Red coating contaminates SpaceX rockets, delays crew launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s second astronaut flight is off until mid-November because red lacquer dripped into tiny vent holes in two rocket engines that now must be replaced.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Zeta hammers New Orleans, trees down, outages

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Zeta (all times CDT):

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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…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Minnesota cautions against traditional Halloween

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota health officials are warning against traditional Halloween festivities amid the recent rise in coronavirus cases statewide.

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Hurricane Zeta hits Louisiana with flooding, power outages

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings, knocked out power to thousands and thre…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
NTSB investigating crash that killed school bus driver, girl

DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the bus driver and a 7-year-old girl in eastern Tenn…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trump calls 'Anonymous' critic a 'sleazebag'

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