‘It’s just everywhere already’: How delays in testing set back the U.S. coronavirus response
The failure to tap into a Pacific Northwest flu study was one in a series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more...
Facing a wave of sex-abuse claims, Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America, an iconic presence in the nation’s experience for more than a century, filed for bankruptcy protection early Tuesday, succumbing to...
Pets are just ‘property,’ so owners can’t do much when veterinarians hurt them VIEW
Doctors who harm their patients face costly lawsuits and other serious consequences. There is much less accountability for veterinarians, as devastated pet owners in Oregon...
To fight climate change, Bellingham may ban heating homes with natural gas VIEW
The ambitious plan could come up for a City Council vote this winter. Support for it is not universal in this progressive town.
‘How? How? How?’: Victims’ families rage as former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin defends pardons
In his final weeks in office, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued hundreds of pardons and reduced sentences. They included cases in which — going well...
A $93.6 million verdict threatens to bankrupt the ILWU and chill unions
What started as a dispute over two jobs in Portland, Ore., escalated to a jury verdict that could devastate the storied International Longshore and Warehouse...
Fearing a mass shooting, police took a Redmond man’s guns. A judge gave them back.
Authorities in King County and around the country have collided with the limits of laws designed to seize weapons from those who might be a...
Whodunit in Northern Idaho library: Someone keeps hiding the anti-Trump books VIEW
Someone has been hiding books in the Coeur d’Alene library lately — specifically, those that explore politics through a progressive lens or criticize President Donald...
Ambushed in Mexico, Mormon children tried to save one another
The children who survived Monday's attack in Mexico, some of them still in hospital treatment in Arizona, have also become the face of their community’s...