June 4, 2012 in Idaho As Idaho’s news media spar with the state in federal court over limits on access to executions, the case has turned a spotlight onto Idaho’s long and consistent history of … 3

June 4, 2012 in City, Idaho A severe thunderstorm watch was upgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning in the North Idaho late this afternoon. The Spokane area had been under a severe thunderstorm watch, which was … 15

June 4, 2012 in Idaho Richard Leavitt, who is scheduled to die June 12 for the 1984 murder and mutilation of Danette Elg in eastern Idaho, has lost three bids to stay his execution in … 2

June 4, 2012 in City, Nation/World A Spokane couple doing missionary work in Africa died over the weekend in a plane crash in northwest Zambia, leaving behind two young children.

June 4, 2012 in Region TOPPENISH, Wash. - Plans to disburse only 20 percent of a $193 million federal settlement directly to members of the Colville Tribes isn’t sitting well with some members. 3

June 4, 2012 in City, News A takeover-style robbery that targeted customers and employees at a McDonald’s in south Spokane may be connected to a similar gunpoint attack at a nearby home five days later.

June 4, 2012 in Region BELLEVUE, Wash. — The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gasoline in Washington is $4.28. 18

June 4, 2012 in Idaho A court hearing on whether condemned murderer Joseph Duncan was mentally competent when he waived his right to appeal his death sentence has been set for Jan. 8, 2013.

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled that Secret Service agents are shielded from a lawsuit filed by a man they arrested after a confrontation with then-Vice President Dick Cheney. 1

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World To see where the presidential candidates stand on taxing the rich, just look at how they’d tax themselves. Under his own proposal, Mitt Romney would pay half what he would … 72

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World The Vietnamese government on Monday agreed to open three new sites in the country for excavation by the United States to search for troop remains from the war, the minister …

June 4, 2012 in City on Page A1 BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad defended his government’s crackdown on opponents Sunday, saying a doctor performing messy emergency surgery does not have blood on his hands if he is …

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A2 CHICAGO – New research shows a sharp escalation in the weapons race against cancer, with several high-tech approaches long dreamed of but not possible or successful until now. At a …

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 CAM RANH BAY, Vietnam – Forty-five years ago, American cargo ships filled this vast harbor, unloading supplies day after day for U.S. troops fighting the Viet Cong. Today the bay’s … 4

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Visit the Natural Resources Defense Council’s website today, and you can expect to find a black screen. More than 400 groups, including the National Wildlife Federation’s Action Fund … 3

June 4, 2012 in Nation/World on Page A3 MIAMI – George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into a central Florida jail … 3