Miranda Green | The Seattle Times

On the Flathead Reservation north of Missoula, Montana, COVID-19 hit the fire crew of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in early July. One of the firefighters came in contact with someone who was sick with the virus – which took the tribe’s entire 12-person aviation team out of business for four days. (CSKT Division of Fire)

September 18, 2020 at 6:11 pm

Native Americans feel double pain of COVID-19 and fires ‘gobbling up the ground’

Tribal leaders have worked to keep the coronavirus off their reservations because of its deadly impact on Native populations. But careful avoidance of the virus...

September 13, 2020 at 10:10 am

Trump, Biden condemn shooting of Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies

COMPTON, Calif. - President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday denounced what police called an ambush of two Los Angeles County...

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Los Angeles Lakers basketball star Kobe Bryant smiles as he talks about his 81-point game Sunday against the Toronto Raptors at Lakers headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash January 20, 2020. He was 41. (Reed Saxon / The Associated Press)

January 26, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter killed in helicopter crash

LOS ANGELES - Basketball lost one of its greatest competitors and most accomplished players Sunday, when Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died in a...

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