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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
FBI investigating fire set in Boston ballot drop box

A fire was set Sunday in a Boston ballot drop box holding more than 120 ballots in what Massachusetts election officials said appears to have been a “deliberate attack,” now under investigation by the FBI.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Halloween goes on at the White House with a few twists

WASHINGTON (AP) —

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
Australia protests Qatar examinations of women passengers

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Monday condemned Qatar authorities’ treatment of women passengers on a flight to Sydney who were subjected to internal examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned a…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Power cut to 117,000 customers as California faces fire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric cut power Sunday to more than 100,000 California customers and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires because of extreme fire weather.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Embed-Map-Election 2020-Early Vote-State Map, ADVISORY

ELECTION 2020-EARLY VOTE-STATE MAP — Map. This AP digital embed is an interactive state map of early US voting totals for 2020 as a percentage of total early votes in the 2016 election. This map is current as of 10…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Power cut to thousands as California braces for fire risk

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric started cutting power Sunday to tens of thousands of California residents and planned outages for many more to prevent the chance of sparking wildfires because of extreme…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis self-quarantines

DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is quarantining himself after learning that Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman tested positive for the coronavirus.

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

Trump aide says 'we're not going to control the pandemic'

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Mexico seizes industrial-scale meth, fentanyl lab in capital

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers and police in Mexico seized an industrial-scale meth and fentanyl lab that was so big it startled investigators, federal prosecutors announced Sunday.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Suspected migrant smuggler dies while evading Greek police

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A man described by Greek police as most likely a migrant trafficker was killed while trying to avoid a police checkpoint in the north of the country, and another was arrested after also …

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
UK military seizes tanker that reported violent stowaways

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. military seized control of an oil tanker that dropped anchor in the English Channel after reporting Sunday it had seven stowaways on board who had become violent.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
The Latest: Unmasked house party sends students back online

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. — A school district superintendent says a Massachusetts high school will shift to fully remote learning after students attended a house party where they didn’t wear masks and shared drinks.

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
New cease-fire announced in 4-week Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region continued Sunday, but Armenia and Azerbaijan reiterated their commitment to a peaceful resolution of their decades-old conflict and agreed to a thir…

Updated 5 years, 6 months ago
Armenia and Azerbaijan announce a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan announce a third attempt to establish a cease-fire in their conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.