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Microscopic shards of glass that rained down from an ancient supervolcano eruption reveal how early modern humans adapted to dramatic climate change, according to a new study of a prehistoric site in northwestern Ethiopia.

Pillsbury sales made a quick rise this winter after heavily advertising two-ingredient meal ideas like chicken and dumplings with its cans of buttermilk biscuits.

About 50 students walked out of class Tuesday at Priest River Junior High School over alleged threats from another student.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his top lieutenants on Wednesday morning moved to quell reservations among their conference about the emerging $1.2 trillion-plus final spending package headed for a vote likely on Friday, while their Democratic counterparts did likewise in a separate meeting.

Southwest Airlines’ flight attendants have reached a new tentative agreement with the Dallas-based air carrier, the second proposed deal after members rejected a contract in December.  

The Texas immigration law that would empower the state and local police to arrest people suspected of entering the U.S. illegally is back on hold while a different panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decides how to proceed.

The presiding judge in the Georgia election interference case against former president Donald Trump has granted him and his co-defendants the opportunity to appeal his ruling last week that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis to remain on the case.

Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have unveiled a new type of blood test used to detect colorectal cancer, with high hopes not only in its ability to reduce barriers to testing for this particular disease, but also potentially pave the way for many other types of cancer screenings.

Three corrections officers were shot, including one with critical injuries, during a prisoner escape at a Boise hospital early Wednesday morning.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Wednesday that forbids homeless people from sleeping in public places and prevents local governments from allowing them to stay there unless the state authorizes them to do so.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began his sixth trip to the Middle East since the eruption of conflict between Israel and Hamas, his latest bid to compel Israel to ease its assault on the battered territory and identify a post-conflict plan that could lead to a Palestinian state.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit India this month, seeking to rally support for a global peace initiative to end the Russia-Ukraine war, according to people familiar with the matter.

SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers that old-line aerospace employers like Boeing Co. and NASA are finding it harder to fill positions.

Mar. 20—Couples strolled, TikTokers danced and friends shared takeout under the gnarled branches dappled in pale pink blossoms on the University of Washington's Quad on the last night of winter. With the help of record heat over the weekend, the blossoms exploded into peak bloom — when at least 70% of buds have emerged — Tuesday. The exact date the Quad's Yoshino cherry trees may burst into ...

A “bare-chested pipe-puffing hippie” named Mr. Love Child protested city council member Jack Winston’s stand against the establishment of an Expo ’74 youth park.

Melody Chang Heaton has never been one to sit idle, as evidenced by her current roles as the executive director of the Asian Opera Alliance and the communications and marketing director for the Spokane Valley Summer Theatre.

The "unusual mortality event" that led to hundreds of gray whale carcasses washing up on the West Coast shoreline has ended, researchers say. The cause: too little food available along its epic migratory route.