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Roy McNutt was 17 when he spent a summer picking pickles for America. “It was lousy,” he said. McNutt, now 77, joined thousands of high school teens harvesting cucumbers, melons, strawberries and carrots during the summer of 1965. That was after Congress cut off the pathway for millions of migrant workers from Mexico to cross the border and bring that food to the nation’s tables.

Aggressive spending on artificial intelligence is mostly being rewarded in the stock market these days. But when it comes to Amazon.com Inc., not so much.

What began six months ago as a series of small flare-ups between current and former presidents has become a steady low-grade conflict.

Ryanair Holdings Plc said that any tariff cost would be on Boeing Co. to bear, as the Irish budget airline demanded a return to a no-duties regime that that has governed the industry for close to half a century.

A passenger jet landing in North Dakota performed a “go-around” to avoid colliding with an Air Force B-52, according to the commercial pilot’s comments posted to social media and the airline involved in the incident.

Spokane Transit Authority released a promotional video featuring Jaws-inspired music and comedic acting to advertise that their new double decker busses do, indeed, fit under the necessary bridges of Spokane.

“I was so excited I almost cried, just because of the state of our staff. They were freaking out, like ‘Am I going to have a job?,’” said Debra Raub, executive director of Communities in Schools of Northeast Washington, a recipient of millions in grant funding for programs at six schools in Spokane County.

Long before Spokane was settled or Washington and Idaho became states, the Spokane River near the Washington-Idaho state line was an important spot for people to cross.

From 1975: Spokane’s “mini-Earthlife Festival” opened at Riverfront Park, but it might have been more aptly labeled the “Son of Folklife Festival.”

Dr. Universe: How did humans invent any language? How did they communicate back then? How did they know that difficult meant hard and what hard meant, too? – Anika, 10, Georgia

The plumber, the mason, the electrician and the carpenter arrived a full hour early to collect their blueprints. They had two days in June to build an 8-foot-by-10-foot tiny home inside the convention center in downtown Atlanta. They knew little else about their assignment, but they were eager to get started.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was established in 1830 by founder and first president Joseph Smith. Across the globe, there are 17.5 million members practicing and following their doctrines.

PORT ANGELES, Wash. – The city of Port Angeles is asking residents not to drink tap water after a tanker truck spilled fossil fuels in a tributary of the city’s drinking water source.

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has been pummeled in 2025, creating a rare buying opportunity for investors willing to look past short-term headwinds. The company recently traded at a low forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7 – versus about 23 for the S&P 500. This suggests investors have a pessimistic view of the company.

Natalie Newman believed she had done everything she could to get ready for Helene. Before the hurricane carved a path of destruction across the Southeast in late September, she assumed it would be like other storms she’d experienced in five years of living in Asheville, North Carolina. So Newman took her usual precautions: packing a go-bag, stocking up on food, moving her car uphill from her apartment on the banks of the Swannanoa River.