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Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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
Turkey: Suspect detonates explosives following police chase

ANKARA (AP) — An unidentified militant detonated an explosive device following a police chase on Monday near Turkey's border with Syria, killing himself, media reports said. There were no other casualties.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Counting the vote: Will we know who won on election night?

HOW WILL VARIOUS BALLOTS BE COUNTED, AND WHAT RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT?

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Election 2020-General Election, ADVISORY

The General Election takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 3. At the top of the ticket is the U.S. presidency, along with all 435 U.S. House seats, 35 U.S. Senate seats and 11 gubernatorial races.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Turkish state media report explosion in Turkish town near border with Syria. No immediate word on casualties

ANKARA (AP) — Turkish state media report explosion in Turkish town near border with Syria. No immediate word on casualties.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Turkish media report explosion in town near Syrian border

ANKARA (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency said there has been an explosion in a town near the border with Syria Monday but there was no immediate information on possible casualties or damage.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
More time sought to indict in governor kidnapping case

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to give them an extra 40 days until mid-December to seek a grand jury indictment against six men in an

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Israeli museum postpones plans to sell Islamic antiquities

JERUSALEM (AP) — A museum in Israel on Monday postponed its planned auction of dozens of rare Islamic antiquities after word of the sale sparked a public uproar.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Couple pleads not guilty to killing, abusing children

KINGSTON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee couple pleaded not guilty Monday to dozens of charges including murder and abuse involving children they had adopted.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Father of 2 slain Kansas boys has been in midst of divorce

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A man accused of abducting his two daughters from a Kansas home where their two brothers were killed has been going through a divorce with the children’s mother, authorities said Monday.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Trump says great winter ahead, not 'dark winter'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
NYC sued over clashes with Floyd protesters

NEW YORK (AP) — Two civil rights organizations are suing New York City on behalf of protesters who say they were assaulted and abused by police officers because they expressed anti-police views during nightly demon…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Airstrike kills dozens of Turkish-backed Syrian fighters

BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel training camp in northwestern Syria on Monday killed more than 50 Turkish-backed fighters and wounded nearly as many, in one of the heaviest blows to the opposition's strongest…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Low expectations in Mexico as US election approaches

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A week before U.S. elections, expectations and attention are unusually low in a foreign country that may have more at stake than any other. Many Mexicans would be glad to see a more neighborly pr…

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
Susan B. Anthony's headstone gets shield from voter stickers

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — People putting their “I Voted” stickers on women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's headstone will see something new this year: a plastic cover.

Updated 5 years, 5 months ago
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