Washington’s Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson and Senate Republican Leader John Braun have teamed up to persuade voters to let the state make stock market investments with tax dollars collected for its ne ...

Jane Towler was up late in a small cabin along the Guadalupe River as thunder boomed through a thrashing rain. It was 4 a.m. and water was pooling on the floor. Suddenly, her phone rang. It was her fr ...

Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office amid a wave of anti-immigration sentiment, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a “good thing” for the country h ...

Communities in rural parts of Vermont woke up once again Friday to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summe ...

Clark County Public Health lifted a water quality advisory at Vancouver Lake for toxic algae. Water samples collected from the lake show improved quality and lowered toxin levels. Staff are removing ...

State leaders on Thursday announced the creation of special committees to investigate the deadly Texas Hill Country floods — and focused on how to quickly get relief to the region, where warn ...

The U.S. State Department is firing more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan from the ...

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in north ...

Jannik Sinner overwhelmed a not-fully-fit Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday to set up a showdown for the championship against Carlos Alcaraz.

Fred Meyer pharmacies in Vancouver are providing free locking bags to ensure safe storage of opioid prescriptions as part of a new statewide initiative.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh thinks All-Star closer Andrés Muñoz was tipping pitches when he squandered a two-run lead in the ninth inning Thursday night against the New York Yankees.

The Grand Canyon’s North Rim in Arizona also closed Thursday because of a wildfire on adjacent Bureau of Land Management land near Jacob Lake. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said it helped ...