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President Donald Trump's assault on college campuses in the form of threats, or actual freezing of grants that are the lifeblood of research at those institutions, has prompted college officials to send a collective message that they remain committed to battle the "unprecedented government overreach and political interference."

From 1975: Two golf superstars, Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller, took part in a charity benefit match at the Spokane Country Club.

Law enforcement agencies arrested a 21-year-old man Tuesday night in connection to the shooting and killing of 24-year-old Hasani Vita over a week ago on the West Plains, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.

The Trump administration has terminated members of the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum appointed by former President Joe Biden – including Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally, according to two people familiar with the matter and documents obtained by the Washington Post – dramatically broadening the scope of the Trump administration’s governmentwide mass deportation campaign.

AUSTIN, Texas — A bill that would clarify when Texas physicians can legally perform an abortion to save a mother’s life unanimously passed the state Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 31, also known as the Life of the Mother Act, would allow doctors to intervene and provide abortion care to pregnant women in medical emergencies. Current law includes an exception for patients with a ...

A Harvard University task force released a scathing account of the university on Tuesday, finding that antisemitism had infiltrated coursework, social life, the hiring of some faculty members and the worldview of certain academic programs.

Former Deer Park resident Jeffrey Hutchinson, a Gulf War veteran, will be put to death Thursday by the state of Florida for the 1998 killings of his girlfriend and her three children.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted Tuesday that he had “proudly” canceled a program that seeks to encourage more women to take part in national security issues.

A man who was thrown from a 1955 Chevy in a fatal, fiery rollover crash Friday near the Washington-Idaho state line has been identified as 70-year-old Mark Maier.

A pedestrian who was hit by a car last week in Spokane’s West Hills Neighborhood has been identified as 78-year-old Mary Shockley, according to the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.

An 18-year-old man is accused of shooting two people in the head, killing 24-year-old Timothy Allen Jr., in an apparent gang shooting Friday at a north Spokane Maverik gas station, according to court documents.

For the second time in as many weeks, the judge in charge of Bryan Kohberger’s upcoming murder trial rejected arguments from the defense to remove a possible death sentence for the defendant if he is found guilty of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order easing the impact of his auto tariffs, yielding to weeks of intense lobbying from automakers, parts suppliers and car dealers who warned excessive levies could push up car prices, triggering plant shutdowns and job losses. Under the executive order, signed aboard Air Force One, imported automobiles were given a reprieve from separate tariffs on ...

A 41-year-old Valley, Washington, man died after striking a moose on Monday night on U.S. Highway 395 near Chewelah, according to Washington State Patrol.

MIAMI — A woman who had been in ICE custody since February died over Friday at the Broward Transitional Center in Deerfield Beach. Marie Blaise was 44. A release from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement says the cause of Blaise’s death remains under investigation. Another detainee at the center told the Miami Herald that Blaise had been complaining about chest pains Friday. After her ...

A federal judge in Idaho halted all executions in the state, issuing a preliminary injunction Tuesday against carrying out the death penalty until the state prison system increases access for media witnesses to a concealed room where prison officials prepare for and perform a lethal injection.