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After years of legislative attempts led by Idaho Democrats, a bill to expand contraception access in Idaho has been signed into law.

Charges against a 30-year-old man accused in a fatal Airway Heights shooting last month have been dropped.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant Tuesday in the face of mounting U.S. pressure to abandon plans to invade Rafah, vowing to press ahead with an attack on the southern Gaza city, where more than 1 million displaced people have fled since the start of the war.

As tribal communities are among the hardest hit by Washington's opioid epidemic, Gov. Jay Inslee signed a suite of bills fighting the crisis and advocating for tribes on Tuesday. 

WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that he is absolutely immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempts to subvert the 2020 election.

Riverfront Park visitors shouldn’t be alarmed if they see firefighters and trucks Wednesday at the Numerica SkyRide gondolas

A 25-year-old Post Falls man died after a head-on crash Sunday on State Highway 53 near Rathdrum.

Democratic candidate for Congress Carmela Conroy boasts a long list of endorsements, including the most prominent elected Democrats in the greater Spokane area.

A toddler died in a residential fire Sunday morning in Colville.

WASHINGTON – Harsh weather made 2023 a bad year for Washington state cherry growers, but help is on the way after the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday granted Gov. Jay Inslee’s request for a federal disaster declaration.

It’s never too early to start thinking about the fire season. In fact, now is the perfect time, fire officials said at a wildfire readiness event in Spokane Valley Tuesday.

Shannon Keith sends letters to animal testing labs around the country offering to take any animals they no longer use for research. She rarely gets a reply.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing one of the nation’s harshest immigration laws, which opponents say would disrupt more than a century of federal control over international borders.

Is the Force strong with Bob Iger? On Tuesday, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas threw his support behind the Walt Disney Co. boss amid the executive’s fight with activist investor Nelson Peltz.  

The top two generals who oversaw the deadly evacuation of Afghanistan are facing renewed scrutiny Wednesday, as House Republicans escalate their campaign to hold President Biden accountable for the fiasco and Democrats accuse Donald Trump of having set the conditions for the Kabul government’s collapse.

The number of yearly abortions in the United States rose by 10 percent between 2020 and 2023, while medication abortions became more common than ever, according to a report published Tuesday by a research and advocacy group that favors abortion rights.

Peter Navarro, a former senior aide to President Donald Trump, turned himself in to a Miami jail Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court declined to delay his prison time while he appeals his conviction for refusing to testify before Congress about his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.