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Four retirees from the top echelon of the U.S. military, including the admiral who led the raid on Osama bin Laden, have filed a brief that castigates the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' neglect of homeless veterans in Los Angeles as "a direct threat to national security."

The 500 parishioners marched into a Detroit-area Target, filling their baskets with lip gloss, mocktails and seasonings. Popcorn, too. Hair dye and dolls. Within 90 minutes, they had purchased about $25,000 in merchandise, all made by Black-owned businesses.

More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Meanwhile, public health experts worry that the confirmation of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services could add fuel to such efforts, leading to the resurgence of long-tamed infectious diseases. 

After more than 40 years on the run, a bombing suspect accused of using a dead classmate’s identity to dodge law enforcement and claim government benefits has been arrested in New Mexico.

In the electrified era, common acronyms include EV, HEV and PHEV. Get used to a new term: REEV. Ram on Tuesday introduced its new Range Extender Electric Vehicle (REEV), the 2026 Ram 1500 Ramcharger. The Ramcharger is a truck for customers who want electric vehicle (EV) performance but with the range of a Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV). Its internal combustion engine (ICE) — a 3.6-liter ...

All eyes will be on Target on Tuesday as the Minneapolis-based retailer unveils its latest plan to jump-start growth and recapture ground lost to competitors over the past few years.

The family that ran a former private resort and once battled Spokane County over operations of a public park at Fish Lake is selling the last of its adjacent property for park expansion.

From 1975: Washington state’s congressional delegation introduced two bills to create wilderness areas in the Alpine Lakes regions of the Cascades.

OLYMPIA – Washington has joined 20 other states in supporting a legal challenge to a federal ban on transgender military personnel serving in the armed forces.

Five former defense secretaries on Thursday denounced President Donald Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, urging Congress to hold hearings and declaring they have concluded the officers were “fired for purely partisan reasons.”

A 7-month-old baby was found dead in a home with a “severely malnourished” toddler after the children were left alone, Washington police said. The children’s 20-year-old mother was arrested on multiple charges, the Yakima Police Department said at a Feb. 27 news conference.. Police said they were conducting a welfare check at a home at about 7:25 a.m. on Feb. 25. No one answered the door, but ...