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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.

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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.

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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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The Panama Canal averts a crisis for now—but at a cost to drinking water

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The Panama Canal has avoided the worst of a shipping crunch that threatened to upend the global economy - but at a cost to marine life and the Latin American country’s supplies of drinking water.

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Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The family of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and some of the Supreme Court justice’s former colleagues have denounced this year’s slate of honorees for an award that a philanthropic foundation bestows in the name of the liberal icon.

News > Business

McDonald’s system outage affects stores across the world

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

McDonald’s Corp. has been hit by a system outage that appears to have started in the Asia-Pacific region and spread to other markets globally, leaving customers unable to order at its stores and through electronic platforms.

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U.S. Supreme Court sets test in case of Michigan official deleting Facebook comments

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

In a Michigan case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that a public official who blocked comments on his social media page violates free speech rights only if they had "actual authority" to speak on behalf of the government and intended to act in that capacity when "speaking" on social media.

News > Washington

What’s next for WA ‘Sunshine Committee’ with exits, legislative apathy

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Mar. 15—OLYMPIA — Toby Nixon, a longtime government transparency advocate and former state legislator, has been tapped to lead a committee that has been toiling in relative futility to scrutinize the hundreds of exemptions to the state's public disclosure laws. Since Washington voters approved the state's public disclosure laws by ballot measure in 1972, legislators have passed hundreds of ...

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Powerful realtor group settles lawsuits over sales commissions

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal related to the bedrock of the industry, the 6% sales commission.

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Israeli officials slam Schumer’s call for new election as ‘counterproductive’

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

Israeli officials hit back at a scathing speech by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) that criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for new elections - as news outlets and commentators there questioned what it could mean for Israel’s relationship with Washington, its strongest ally.

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Missile misses ship in Red Sea as Houthis vow more attacks

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

A commercial ship was targeted by a missile in the southern Red Sea, according to the U.K. Navy, in another suspected attack by Houthi militants based in Yemen.

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Fox News sued by family of Ukrainian producer who died covering Russian invasion

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

The family of a producer who was killed while covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, saying the network's negligence resulted in her death.

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Schumer’s sharp Israel criticism highlights shift in Democratic Party

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

When the war began following Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, just a few far-left Democrats in Congress denounced Israel’s military response. But amid vocal pressure from within the party, top elected Democrats have adopted an increasingly hostile tone toward the Israeli government.

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Milei’s decree suffers major setback after repeal in Senate

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

President Javier Milei’s initial dose of shock therapy is teetering on the edge of collapse after Argentina’s senate defeated his sweeping executive decree in a 42-25 vote Thursday.

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Wade resigns from Trump case after judge’s conflict of interest ruling

UPDATED: Sat., March 16, 2024

A judge ruled Friday that Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis can continue to lead the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump as her romantic relationship with her lead prosecutor did not amount to a direct conflict of interest.

News > Family

‘My real family’: Vietnamese woman who long suspected American parentage finds relatives through Spokane Amerasian group

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

Hoa Tran, 57, was abandoned as a baby and raised in Vietnam. After searching most of her adult life for her parents, she got a DNA match a year ago, leading her to Spokane.

News > Spokane

50 years ago in Expo history: The fair’s celebrity guest list was beginning to take shape as the grand opening festivities were also revealed

Fri., March 15, 2024

Grand plans were announced for Expo ’74’s grand opening on May 4.

News > Spokane

Shawn Vestal: So long, and thanks for reading

Fri., March 15, 2024

I wrote my first newspaper column when I was 14 years old.

News > K-12 education

Students take the new digital version of the SAT as debate over equity in the test wages

Fri., March 15, 2024

For just less than a century, college-bound students have shared the rite of passage, armed with a No. 2 pencil poised to complete the bubbles of a scantron of the SAT.

News > Idaho

This Meridian lawyer was disbarred for sexting clients. Now he’s accused of rape

UPDATED: Fri., March 15, 2024

A Meridian child-custody lawyer was disbarred for texting clients unsolicited and explicit photos of himself and making sexually suggestive and inappropriate comments, according to a notice published in The Advocate, an official publication of the Idaho State Bar. The same lawyer is also charged with rape in a separate criminal case filed in Southeast Idaho. The victim was an unconscious ...

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