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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
Philippine police chief killed by rooster in cockfight raid

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The police chief of a Philippine town was killed during a raid on an illegal cockfight when he bled to death after the razor-sharp metal blade on one of the roosters sliced an artery in h…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Anxiety 2020: Voters worry about safety at the polls

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Nigeria's army admits its soldiers were at Lagos shootings

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's army has admitted its soldiers were deployed at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where live rounds were fired last week, killing several peaceful protesters prompting global outrage.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Iran parliament speaker contracts virus as deaths surge

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s parliament speaker said that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a growing list of infected Iranian officials as the country again shattered its single-day death record wi…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Zeta re-strengthens to a hurricane, takes aim at Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta re-strengthened into a hurricane early Wednesday as Louisiana braced for the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Cake Lady helps wounded soldiers heal, one treat at a time

LONDON (AP) — David Wiseman heard Kath Ryan before he met her.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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The Nation's Weather for Thursday, October 29, 2020

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Zeta re-strengthens into a hurricane, forecast to bring life-threatening storm surge, high winds

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta re-strengthens into a hurricane, forecast to bring life-threatening storm surge, high winds.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Divided Belgium turns into Europe's worst virus hot spot

BUIZINGEN, Belgium (AP) — Small, yet so divided, Belgium has been hit hard again by the pandemic, and now presents some of the most worrying statistics in a continent reeling under a coronavirus resurgence.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Divisions turn Belgium into Europe's worst virus hot spot

BUIZINGEN, Belgium (AP) — Small, yet so divided, Belgium has been hit hard again by the pandemic, and now presents some of the most worrying statistics in a continent reeling under the virus' resurgence.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Strong typhoon slams Vietnam; at least 2 dead, 26 missing

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Typhoon Molave slammed into Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, killing at least two people and sinking two fishing boats with 26 crew members in what was feared to be the most powerful …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
India holds first major state elections since pandemic

PATNA, India (AP) — Voting began Wednesday in India’s third-largest state of Bihar, the first major election in the country since the pandemic and a test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity as he faces cr…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Turkish leaders condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials on Wednesday railed against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over its cover-page cartoon mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accused the publication of …

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest