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Former president Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has added Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard to his transition team, giving key roles to two former Democrats who endorsed his comeback campaign in recent days.

For Donald Trump, the benefit of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s endorsement was obvious. The election has shifted dramatically in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris but remains close; picking up even a few percentage points of support from former Kennedy voters could make the difference.

A developing system in the Atlantic could make its way to the Caribbean as the season’s next tropical depression or storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Struggling with plunging demand for its Covid products, Pfizer Inc. has a new plan to reach potential customers: Cutting out middleman and selling drugs straight to patients.

Eli Lilly & Co. is now selling vials of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound to patients for as little as $399 a month as it works to overcome supply shortages of wildly popular shots.

Home-price gains in the U.S. slowed in June as buyers pulled back from the market while listings started to climb. A national measure of prices rose 5.4% from a year earlier, according to data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. That compares with a 5.9% annual increase in May.

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg alleged that Facebook was “pressured” by the US government to censor content related to Covid-19 during the global pandemic and that he regrets the company’s decision to accede to the demands.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. A construction project at the historic Assay Office building in Boise has unearthed artifacts of items that were thrown away and buried as far back as 150 years. While technically the items are trash, they’re no less valuable for the historical record and provide a window to the past. “Initially we believed that when they dumped their trash, they ...

About 25 Mounties in brilliant scarlet tunics staged a “Musical Ride” through downtown Spokane to the Expo ’74 grounds.

A deluge of bizarre computer-generated images swept Elon Musk’s social platform X last week — including violent, offensive and sexually suggestive content. In one, Trump piloted a helicopter as the World Trade Center buildings burned in the background. In others, Kamala Harris wore a bikini, and Donald Duck used heroin. Amidst the online furor, Musk posted, “Grok is the most fun AI in the world!”

Republican state Rep. Mary Dye has strong support in southeastern Washington based on the results of the August primary.

Spokane County election workers began hand-counting nearly 145,000 ballots Monday to help determine who will advance to the general election in the race to lead the state Public Lands Commission.

Sixty-seven households struggling to afford a home may soon find relief as housing units are built, bought or rehabilitated after the Spokane City Council approved spending another $9 million to assist with 10 developments.

A West Plains resident filed a recall petition Tuesday against Spokane County Commissioner Al French, alleging he used his position to cover up contamination of the area’s groundwater.

Special counsel Jack Smith urged an appeals court Monday to reverse U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s dismissal of Donald Trump’s classified-documents case, arguing that Attorney General Merrick Garland had clear authority to appoint Smith to lead the prosecution.

School is to start as scheduled Tuesday in Cheney Public Schools.

From Victoria to Nanaimo to Tofino, with a stop at Butchart Gardens, Canada's Vancouver Island makes for the perfect British Columbia holiday.

Avista Corp. announced Monday that longtime CEO Dennis Vermillion will be stepping down early next year and will be replaced by Heather Rosentrater, who will become the first woman to lead the utility in its 135-year history.