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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…
Utility: Winds too weak to cut power before California fire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Facing extreme wildfire conditions this week that included hurricane-level winds, the main utility in Northern California cut power to nearly 1 million people while its counterpart in Southern Ca…
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Thai student-protesters aim for ambitious political change
BANGKOK (AP) — He was only 7 when he saw his first military coup. He was 15 during the second. Now 21, he is among those at the front of Thailand's growing pro-democracy movement pushing for sweeping political refo…
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Texas council outlaws social worker bias against clients
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas council on Tuesday rescinded action that would have allowed social workers to turn away clients on the basis of their disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
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UN cancels in-person meetings after report of 5 COVID cases
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations on Tuesday canceled all in-person meetings for this week after a U.N. member nation reported five cases of COVID-19 among its staff.
The Latest: Black pols' PAC to target sporadic Black voters
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Tennessee school bus carrying children crashes; 2 killed
DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) — A school bus carrying children crashed Tuesday in Tennessee, killing two people and injuring others, officials said.
GOP leaders want 3 officials to resign over false ad plot
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A growing number of GOP leaders in Kansas are calling for the resignation of three elected officials who were recorded planning a cover-up of their role in a plot to smear the Democratic mayor …
The Latest: Trump holds Wisconsin rally as virus cases spike
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Supreme Court rejects delay of Minnesota congressional vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February after the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.