February 5, 2013 in Nation/World SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake in the South Pacific generated a tsunami Wednesday that prompting warnings to several island nations. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami of …

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama man who held a 5-year-old boy captive for nearly a week engaged in a firefight with SWAT agents storming his underground bunker before …

February 5, 2013 in Idaho Coeur d’Alene Sen. John Goedde, chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to require every Idaho high school student to read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” and pass … 113

February 5, 2013 in Idaho Crime Stoppers of the Inland Northwest is offering a cash reward for information leading to an arrest in the 18 recent cases of graffiti in Coeur d’Alene. 6

February 5, 2013 in City A Spokane County sheriff’s deputy was involved in a two-vehicle accident on his way to the scene of an officer-involved shooting this morning. 30

February 5, 2013 in Idaho ST. MARIES, Idaho — A group of survivalists wants to build a giant walled fortress in the woods of the Idaho Panhandle, a medieval-style city where residents would be required … 48

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill to legalize same-sex marriage championed by Prime Minister David Cameron, despite stronger-than-expected opposition from within his … 13

February 5, 2013 in City SPOKANE — A police chase has ended with an officer fatally shooting a person in Spokane. 78

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 LONDON – Scientists announced Monday that they had definitively identified a skeleton unearthed in northern England last summer as that of Richard III, the medieval king who died more than … 1

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 MIDLAND CITY, Ala. – Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in southeastern Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left … 1

February 5, 2013 in City on Page A1 Spokane’s new schools superintendent is sending some central office administrators back to the classroom in a move that will save $250,000. The shake-up announced Monday evening is expected to reward … 8

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A2 BERLIN – Theories about when the last Neanderthals walked the Earth may have to be revised, according to a study that suggests they became extinct in their last refuge in … 14

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 YUCAIPA, Calif. – The bus full of tired tourists returning to Tijuana, Mexico, was slowly winding down a mountain road from the ski resort town of Big Bear when it …

February 5, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A3 MINNEAPOLIS – With police officers and troopers in uniform gathered behind him, President Barack Obama on Monday pitched his proposals to curtail gun violence with an appeal for “common sense” … 9