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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, 6 months ago
New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Police in northern Mexico seize two home-made armored cars

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Police announced Sunday they have seized two home-made tank-like armored trucks and three other vehicles with less extensive welded-plate bullet-proofing in the northern border town o…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Servicewomen killed in Alabama plane crash identified

FOLEY, Ala. (AP) — Authorities have identified the two service members who were killed when their plane crashed in a residential Alabama neighborhood.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Lottery State-by-State-All

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Lottery State-by-State

The state-by-state winning lottery numbers through Monday:

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
AP News Digest 3 a.m.

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Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Californians see power shutoffs as winds, fire danger rise

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires and the fire-weary state braced for a new bout of dry, windy wea…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Malaysia's king rejects PM's proposal to declare emergency

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's king on Sunday rejected a proposal by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to declare a state of emergency to fight a new outbreak of the coronavirus.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Australia asks Iran about report academic moved from prison

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia is seeking information from Iran on reports that a British Australian academic who was convicted of espionage has been moved to a mystery location, the foreign minister said on …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
No arms, no issue for Pakistan snooker player Mohammad Ikram

SAMUNDRI, Pakistan (AP) — Mohammad Ikram leans over the snooker table, his face at almost touching distance behind the white ball as he assesses his options, then knocks it with his bearded chin.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
2/3rds of Chilean voters back rewriting their constitution

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Amid a year of contagion and turmoil, Chileans turned out Sunday to vote overwhelmingly in favor of having a constitutional convention draft a new charter to replace guiding principles impose…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
North Dakota to use coronavirus aid for fracking, education

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials voted to repurpose $221 million in federal coronavirus aid to various state agencies, including a $16-million grant to oil companies in support of the fracking process.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Mexico reported 193,170 "excess deaths" through Sept 26

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican health authorities acknowledged Sunday that the country's true death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is far higher than thought, saying there were 193,170 “excess” deaths in the year u…