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SEATTLE — Gov. Bob Ferguson called on Washington voters to reject an upcoming ballot initiative that would bar transgender girls from competing in girls sports at K-12 schools.

Ferguson’s opposition aligns him with ...Read more

The mothers of two Chester, Pennsylvania, kids who were struck and killed by a train in 2023 are accusing their former attorneys of botching their wrongful death lawsuit against Amtrak.

Jahaad Atkinson, 9, and Ah’Yir ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man walking with a cane as he exited a Brooklyn subway was dragged to his death after witnesses said his plastic shopping bag got caught in the train door, police said Tuesday.

Yaw Adu Boahene, 66, was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is using Customs and Border Protection funding to run pro-Trump political advertisements, Democratic appropriators said Tuesday.

The funding comes from last year’s massive GOP budget ...Read more

Cuba’s leaders will learn “the hard way” if they don't enact political and economic changes, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday night, adding that the Trump administration is pushing for democratic elections ...Read more

Consumer Reports said it no longer recommends any brand of e-scooter, citing higher top speeds for the popular vehicles and a sharp nationwide increase in rider injuries.

In 2017, about 10,500 people were injured on e-...Read more

The minimum wage in Seattle will rise to $22.14 per hour at the start of next year, the Office of Labor Standards announced Monday.

That's an increase of 3.9% from the current minimum wage of $21.30.

The city's minimum ...Read more

The Trump administration has dropped its plans to build an immigrant detention center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in South Jersey, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

The office ...Read more

The search continued Tuesday for 10 people who were on board a migrant boat carrying more than 60 passengers that capsized off Puerto Rico on Sunday night, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Coast Guard crews have recovered three...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Tuesday to continue to deport immigrants to countries other than those they came from, known as third-country removals, in an order that also set up a ...Read more

CHICAGO — New year, next album. Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy on Tuesday announced a 2027 North American tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.’s album “Document.”

The tour is slated to begin in ...Read more

The holdout juror responsible for the mistrial in Massachusetts mom Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial released a video the night before the defendant returned to court.

Michael Desronvil’s 80-second statement aired on Fox...Read more

CHICAGO — The City Hall fight between Mayor Brandon Johnson and opponents has again stalled two ordinances aimed at overhauling Chicago renters’ rights as the sides try to strike a deal.

Aldermen pushing the ...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — A bomb threat was reported at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday inside Building 510 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, according to the shipyard.

Shipyard law enforcement was immediately notified and detained a suspect,...Read more

In the early months of 2022, Democrats in Congress came close to passing an appropriations bill that did not include a provision barring federal funding for abortions — maybe the closest it had ever come in more than 40 ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a raft of bills designed to push back on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement in California, including bans on electric shock gloves and a revamped ban on law ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new report from Alaska-based organizations and researchers shows that a far greater share of the state’s families and residents are financially struggling than official government statistics ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court for now let the Trump administration resume deporting undocumented people to countries other than their own with little if any notice. The court will hear arguments on the issue in ...Read more

BOSTON — The district attorney who charged Lindsay Clancy with three counts of first-degree murder for the strangling deaths of her children won’t say whether his office plans on prosecuting her again.

“We’re ...Read more

Boys and their 1990s allowance-spending shift from music to video games spawned the rise of female artists such as Taylor Swift, who then “ruined music,” at least according to 1970s rocker Todd Rundgren.

“To me, ...Read more