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New York state’s $454 million judgment against Donald Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit was formally registered in Westchester County just outside Manhattan, a sign that his properties in the area may be at risk of being seized if the former president fails to post an appeal bond.

Lawmakers released a more than $1.2 trillion, six-bill appropriations package early Thursday morning, less than 48 hours ahead of a Friday night deadline for this second and final wrapup measure for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

Deadly attacks on Russian regions bordering Ukraine are increasingly bringing home the costs of Vladimir Putin’s invasion. That doesn’t yet mean people are turning on the Russian president over the war.

The Yemen-based Houthis have told China and Russia their ships can sail through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden without being attacked, according to several people with knowledge of the militant group’s discussions.

China is building its military and nuclear arsenal on a scale not seen since World War II and all signs suggest it’s sticking to ambitions to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027, a top U.S. admiral testified.

Mid-March is the perfect time to start warm season vegetables indoors. Plants like tomato, eggplant and peppers started now will be ready to plant out at the end of May when we are less likely to get a frost. There is still time to start cool season vegetables like cabbage, onions, cauliflower and broccoli but don’t wait too long as these crops need cooler spring weather to grow properly.

A battered soldier with bandages on his face – his shield splattered with egg.

For the first time in 52 years, Havermale Island on the Expo ’74 site had become a true island again.

Andre Ervin was the teacher who gave high-fives and side hugs to students, who often called him by his first name, said Spokane County deputy prosecutor Hannah Stearns.

Support staff at MultiCare Deaconess and Valley hospitals are prepared to strike as soon as next month should their contract demands not be met.

Spokane County deputy prosecutors are juggling more than 100 cases at any given time while receiving far less compensation than other prosecutors in the state.

A 72-year-old Spokane man died in a head-on crash involving a dump truck and a van Wednesday in southern Whitman County.

Two days before writing this column, I saved an Ohio homeowner $30,000. He had stumbled across my website, and he saw that I consult with readers on the phone. Water was ponding against his house foundation, and he was considering signing a contract with a waterproofing company for the above amount.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown has publicly endorsed former diplomat Carmela Conroy to represent Eastern Washington in Congress.

Angela Chao, the CEO of a shipping company and part of a prominent family in U.S. politics, was legally intoxicated when she drove into a pond in Texas and died last month, according to a police report released Wednesday, which called the episode an "unfortunate accident."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel assailed Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York on Wednesday in a closed-door speech to Senate Republicans, days after the Democratic majority leader branded him an impediment to peace in the Middle East and called for an election to replace him after the war winds down.

Thrive International is in the process of purchasing a piece of vacant land in northeast Spokane from the Spokane Public Library with plans to develop at least 45 units of affordable housing by 2025.