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Prosecutor: Spokane Police justified in shooting, killing Robert Bradley in 2022

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

Two Spokane Police officers were justified in shooting and killing a man who they say pulled a handgun on them when they were attempting to serve a court order in September 2022, Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell announced Friday.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Prosecutor asks for 65-year prison sentence in shooting case that injured Spokane police officer

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Spokane County Deputy Prosecutor Preston McCollam helped 23-year-old Ray Wynecoop with his neck tie before asking a judge Friday to sentence him to 65 years in prison for a series of drive-by shootings that wounded a Spokane police officer.

News > Idaho

Idaho bill banning public funds for gender-affirming care goes to Senate

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

In a 4-3 vote Thursday morning, Idaho lawmakers on the Senate State Affairs Committee voted to move a bill forward that would prohibit transgender and nonbinary Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid, or state employees enrolled in the state’s insurance plan, from obtaining gender-affirming care.

News > Nation/World

Ex-Vice President Pence won’t back Trump for White House

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday announced he won’t back Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House.

News > Spokane

‘It’s been a long time’: Riverfront Park’s twin suspension bridges open after years of construction

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

More than just blue skies and sun greeted Riverfront Park goers Friday; The twin pedestrian suspension bridges that connect Havermale and sn̓xʷméneʔ islands were both open after years of construction.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Supreme Court: Bar exam will no longer be required to become attorney in Washington State

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The bar exam will no longer be required to become a lawyer in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders Friday.

News > Business

Sam Bankman-Fried should get 40 to 50 years in prison, prosecutors say

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Federal prosecutors said Friday that Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency mogul who was convicted of masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud, should receive a prison sentence of 40 to 50 years.

News > Nation/World

Rep. Matt Gaetz subpoenaed in lawsuit regarding Joel Greenberg sex scandal

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz must testify under oath as part of a civil lawsuit that involves his past friendship with disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg and allegations Gaetz had sex with a teenage girl.

News > Nation/World

Three killed, several injured after reports of tornadoes in Midwest

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

At least three people were killed and dozens were injured after a parade of severe weather marched through Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio overnight, spinning off at least six devastating tornadoes, officials said.

News > Nation/World

U.S. anticipates grim course for Ukraine if aid bill dies in Congress

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

U.S. officials foresee a range of bleak scenarios in Ukraine if the military aid President Biden has requested doesn’t materialize, including a catastrophic breakdown of Ukrainian lines in the grimmest contingency and the likelihood of massive casualties in the best.

News > Nation/World

At least 20 killed awaiting aid in Gaza as new cease-fire offer debated

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

At least 20 people were killed and more than 150 wounded late Thursday in what Palestinian officials in Gaza and witnesses said was an Israeli attack on a crowd of people waiting to collect supplies from an aid convoy in the north of the enclave. Israel’s military strongly denied responsibility for the killings in a statement Friday.

News > Business

Realtors settlement expected to lower housing prices

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The National Association of Realtors has agreed to settle litigation that accused the real estate group of artificially inflating real estate commissions – a blockbuster decision that could fundamentally reshape the housing market for buyers, sellers and agents.

News > Nation/World

White House calls on Republicans to end Biden impeachment inquiry

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The White House insisted Friday that House Republicans end their effort to impeach President Joe Biden, declaring that "enough is enough" after their monthslong inquiry failed to turn up promised evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors.

News > Business

Boeing troubles threaten to worsen airlines’ bear market blues

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

US airline stocks are heading for the worst two-week losing streak since October as volatile fuel prices and the mounting troubles at Boeing Co. tear through the industry, spurring concerns about aircraft delivery delays.

News > Higher education

Workers at WWU, one of Bellingham’s biggest employers, rally for higher wages, benefits

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Mar. 15—Union workers and others rallied Thursday at Western Washington University, seeking increased pay in the face of inflation and the rising cost of rent. About 200 students and employees, from professors to food servers and maintenance workers, gathered at WWU's Red Square for a noon event on March 14, or "Pi Day" in pop culture, to ask the Legislature to fully fund public education and ...

News > Business

A year after imploding, Silicon Valley Bank tries to make a comeback

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

A year after Silicon Valley Bank imploded in the third-largest bank failure in U.S. history, the start-up- and tech-focused bank wants you to know that it’s back.

News > Business

Realtors group to pay $418 million to settle litigation over broker commission fees

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The Chicago-based National Association of Realtors will pay $418 million as a part of a settlement agreement to resolve litigation against the organization and its members brought on behalf of home sellers related to broker commissions.

News > Nation/World

Trump hush money trial: 15,000 more pages of potential evidence coming

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

New York prosecutors said Friday that they expect to get an additional 15,000 pages of potential evidence in Donald Trump’s hush money case - the latest and probably last batch of such papers that may end up delaying the first criminal trial of a former president.

News > Nation/World

Trump trial delays cast doubt on verdicts before November election

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

A likely delay in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is the latest complication of prosecutors’ efforts to try his other criminal cases before Nov. 5, raising the prospect that he could be elected president — and perhaps take office — before being tried on the most serious charges against him.

News > Nation/World

Biden officials mull quicker death for U.S. coal power plants

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

U.S. coal-fired power plants could be forced to shut down two years sooner than envisioned under a Biden administration plan to stifle pollution from the electricity sector.

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