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Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new album and memoir dropping soon amid a Saturday afternoon performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiv...

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Will Rogers and the purple team won Washington's spring game, marking the end of coach Jedd Fisch's first spring practice session with the Huskies.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges in connection with a federal probe into their ties with the former Soviet republic of...

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A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis.

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A study published this week in the journal Communications Biology, based on nearly two decades of research in Alaska, shows that cascades of snow are a major killer of mountain goats.

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Jon Talton comments on economic news, issues and trends, with an emphasis on Seattle and the Northwest.

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South and Southeast Asian countries have been coping with a weekslong heat wave rendering record high temperatures that have posed a severe health risk. Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlig...

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Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to Omaha, Nebraska, to soak up wisdom from investing wizard Warren Buffett.

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A deadly shootout in Charlotte that left five dead illustrates how smartphone-wielding bystanders don’t always run for cover when bullets start to fly.

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It hasn't happened in almost anyone's lifetime: two presidents squaring off in one election.

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A dayslong search for three missing tourists who disappeared near a surfing town close to the U.S.-Mexico border continued Friday as authorities said that they had located three bodies.

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Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

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The Mariners squandered a two-run lead in a disastrous seventh inning, gift-wrapping the Astros a 5-3 victory in the opener of a key early-season series.

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Chris Paddack pitched six scoreless innings to carry the Minnesota Twins to their 11th consecutive victory with a 5-2 decision over the Boston Red Sox.

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The Miami Marlins are working on a trade that would send second baseman Luis Arraez to the San Diego Padres.

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Paolo Banchero scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Orlando Magic hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-96 and force a decisive Game 7 in the their first-round NBA playoff...

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A late-season storm is expected to hit the Sierra Nevada this weekend, bringing rain and mountain snow to Northern and Central California.

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Pius Suter scored with 1:39 left and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the second round of the NHL playoffs with a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night in Game 6.

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Both states are reliably Republican and have abortion bans that are among the strictest in the nation.

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