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Russian forces in Ukraine are advancing at their fastest pace since the early days of the invasion by using the biggest advantage Moscow has in this war: manpower.

The pooch often described as “the little big dog” now has a shot at being crowned top dog.

The deadly New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans by a man driving a pickup truck and an electric vehicle explosion in Las Vegas the same day have prompted law enforcement officials nationwide to increase security, issue fresh safety warnings and reassess preparations ahead of events that could be targeted for violence.

A major winter storm is about to trek 1,500 miles across the United States, dumping snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Plains to the East Coast. Much of the affected areas will be plastered by up to a foot of heavy, wet snow, with a full-fledged ice storm for others.

Vice President Kamala Harris has called President-elect Donald Trump a threat to American democracy. She has said he is a fascist. She has predicted he would abuse the powers of the presidency. She has warned that he should “never again stand behind the seal of the president of the United States.”

President Joe Biden will move Monday to block all future oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of federal waters - equivalent to nearly a quarter of the total land area of the United States, according to two people briefed on the decision.

The first ambulance arrived minutes after midnight Wednesday in a packed Honolulu neighborhood that had been celebrating the new year. The unit rapidly called for reinforcements, an official said, after it saw the scene: dozens of people severely injured by an explosion of illegal fireworks outside a home.

From 1975: The State Highways Department director wanted to discuss alternatives to the proposed $95 million North-South freeway.

A person was shot Friday afternoon at a 76 gas station in Coeur d’Alene.

Federal officials connected record homelessness numbers in 2024 to the nation's migrant crisis, pointing to a nearly 40% surge in family homelessness.

A prosecutor has decided to bring criminal charges against embattled Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice in response to police allegations that Curtice stole illicit drugs from dead bodies, used them during work and lied about it. 

North Idaho College Workforce Training Center, based in Post Falls, is bringing career-building programs to residents of Idaho’s two northernmost counties.

Property owners in Yakima, Benton and Franklin counties are being asked to cooperate with state efforts to eradicate invasive Japanese beetles by allowing Washington’s Department of Agriculture to treat their yards with an insecticide.

A federal judge denied a request by suing transgender Idahoans to block a new state law that bans public funds from covering gender-affirming health care.

Rising costs and dwindling patronage mean a longtime South Hill favorite is shuttering.