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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…
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.
Halloween goes on at the White House with a few twists
WASHINGTON (AP) —
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
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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.
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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.