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Weeks after the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, the young men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops encountered D-Day’s lingering carnage as they waded ashore. Bloated bodies churned in the surf. Tree branches cradled the carcass of a cow blown skyward by explosives.

California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin's death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by summer..

The owner of Sports Illustrated said it had chosen a new company to publish the magazine, a deal that could settle some of the recent friction at the storied publication and continue the print edition.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared for a late-night news conference to claim a fifth term, he looked visibly elated, as if manipulating another election to remain indefinitely in power with 87.28 percent of the vote were a triumphal victory in a real competition.

Several members of the Kennedy family spent St. Patrick’s Day at the White House with President Joe Biden while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his campaign to become the nation’s 47th commander-in-chief. “From one proud Irish family to another — it was good to have you all back at the White House,” reads a photo caption posted to Biden’s social media accounts.  

MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Monday brushed aside condemnation of the Russian presidential election as neither free nor fair and rejected allegations of pervasive electoral fraud as the country’s Central Election Commission claimed record-high turnout and said Vladimir Putin easily secured a new six-year term.

oann, long a destination for sewing and crafts enthusiasts, filed for bankruptcy Monday as consumers continue to scale back on nonessentials and as competition from online rivals grows.

Former president Donald Trump is expected to enlist Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager he pardoned, as a campaign adviser later this year, according to four people familiar with the talks.

The Biden administration is rolling out an executive order to strengthen women’s health research standards across federal agencies and prioritize its funding in an effort to close the gap on long-standing disparities.

It’s a sultry March evening in the suburbs of Mumbai and a group of men hovers anxiously at the back gate of a startup called Yotta Data Services. They pace, pause and fret. It’s approaching midnight, 10 hours late, when a truck pulls up with the precious cargo they’ve been waiting for: semiconductors from Nvidia Corp.

For Rick Plympton, there’s no going back to the pre-COVID-19 economy. The chief executive officer of precision-lens maker Optimax Systems Inc. sees “shifting sands” in many aspects of his business.

Between 25,000 and 30,000 people visited the Expo ’74 grounds for the last time before it would be closed off until opening day in May.

Stretching from the Model T to the Model A era, the Universal Auto Company was a Ford car dealership that began operation on Havermale Island. The name was likely borrowed from Ford’s nickname for the Model T as the “universal car,” referencing the car as a platform that could serve as a passenger car or adapted as a truck or cargo van. Fifteen million Model Ts were sold between 1908 and 1926.

Here’s a rundown of construction projects that might affect Spokane drivers this week.

For the second year in a row, a group of lawmakers and activists tried to get a bill passed that would reduce the maximum allowable blood alcohol concentration for drivers in Washington from 0.08% to 0.05%. 

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The annual daylight saving ritual has passed and it serves yet again to remind us how precious our sleep truly is. Or at least most of us will admit to how hard it hits to lose an hour of regularly scheduled snooze time.

North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile in a defiant show of force that coincided with a visit to Seoul by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is taking part in a Summit for Democracy being held in the capital.

Revelers this St. Patrick’s Day were greeted with an unseasonably warm weekend that either broke or tied temperature records in multiple regional locations, according to the National Weather Service.