COLUMBIA, S.C. — The family of Miss South Carolina 1954 found her flood-soaked pageant scrapbook on a dining room floor littered with dead fish on… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of federal inmates serving sentences for drug crimes are set for early release next month under a cost-cutting measure intended to… Continue reading
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will soon be legal for the terminally ill to end their own lives in the nation’s most populous state, and… Continue reading
SEATTLE — A coalition of diverse groups is launching a new initiative effort to tackle climate change, raising the prospect that Washington voters could face… Continue reading
SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old Seattle woman accused of kicking her boyfriend’s 17-month son to death.The Seattle Times reported Alicia… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Peet’s Coffee & Tea is buying the popular premium coffee company Stumptown Coffee Roasters, bringing the once independent brand more into… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — New D.C. Council legislation introduced Tuesday would give workers 16 weeks of paid leave in circumstances ranging from the birth of a… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan recommended on Tuesday that President Barack Obama revise his plan and keep more than 1,000 U.S. troops… Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is ready to offer Turkey new incentives to better tackle the Syria refugee crisis, including money, the easing of… Continue reading
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Facebook and thousands of other companies could find it vastly more complicated to do business in Europe after a court ruled that… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration spent $50,000 on Washington, D.C., consultants to help prepare them for a visit by President Barack Obama.The expenditures were… Continue reading
NEW YORK — The success of Microsoft’s fall lineup of devices will ride on the company’s ability to convince people who got free Windows 10… Continue reading
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — On board the 790-foot El Faro when it set out on its doomed voyage into the path of Hurricane Joaquin were five… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Authorities say a Wasilla man has died after falling down the mountainside at Pioneer Peak.Alaska State Troopers say 49-year-old Roy Roth had been… Continue reading
KENAI — A 45-year-old inmate was found dead in his cell at the Wildwood Correctional Facility in Kenai.The Department of Corrections says in a release… Continue reading
Northern lights light up the sky over the mainland as seen from Douglas Island Monday morning.… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska residents are making less money than they have in years, with the state’s median income dropping below that of 1989.A new study… Continue reading
Jessica Walsh reads to her son, Silas, 3, in a carpeted nook on the first day of the new Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Monday.… Continue reading
Juneau artist Jay Crondahl adds a little ephemeral art to the lawn at the Park Shore Condominiums on Monday.… Continue reading
MIAMI — New Miami Dolphins coach Dan Campbell believes his underachieving team needs to show more aggressiveness that stops just short of dirty play, and… Continue reading
