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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has blocked election officials from enforcing parts of a voter photo identification law. Tuesday’s ruling strikes down a requirement that a voter lacking a valid photo ID sign a sworn statement and present some other form of identification in order to cast a regular ballot. The ruling […]

The former South Carolina governor’s personal finances are detailed in her public financial disclosure as ambassador. Haley’s debts include a string of liabilities incurred over her years in the Trump administration and state government.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected any sort of pre-trial release for a former congressional staffer accused of posting online the home addresses of Republican senators backing Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Magistrate Judge Deborah A. Robinson ordered that Jackson Cosko remain in custody pending trial. Prosecutors had argued that […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Fred Meyer customer in Clackamas who says she was caught on store video while half-naked in a dressing room has filed a $300,000 lawsuit. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Carlee Gish filed the lawsuit against the shopping chain Monday in Clackamas County Circuit Court. Gish claims in the lawsuit that she entered […]

Taylor Swift’s decision to jump into politics over the weekend, announcing her support in an Instagram post for two Democrats in Tennessee and urging her 112 million followers to register to vote, appears to have contributed to a flurry of last-minute registrations before deadlines in many states. In the hours after Swift shared her political […]

Proponents of Initiative 1634 say it is to prevent taxes on essential food items, but this is misleading. Voters should reject this measure, which is really an industry-funded campaign to prevent cities from enacting taxes on soda.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ agriculture commissioner says he will back a Confederate group’s latest attempt to sell specialty license plates, because “there’s no profit in hiding our history.” The Sons of Confederate Veterans’ Texas chapter proposed a license plate in March that features a rebel soldier carrying a Texas regiment’s special flag at a […]

The boys, 13 and 17, remain in custody after being charged in King County Juvenile Court.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says two wells in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters have found about 180 million barrels of proven, probable and possible oil and gas reserves. The Manik well is about 52 miles (85 kilometers) offshore, and the Mulach is about 11 miles (17 kilometers) offshore. In April, Manik […]

HONOLULU (AP) — If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt-dialed. Or, more specifically, foot-dialed. By a gecko. Marine mammal veterinarian Claire Simeone was getting lunch when she got a call from the Big Island hospital where she’s director. There was silence on […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is changing how it taxes marijuana in response to industry concerns. The current tax is $50 an ounce for any part of the bud and flower and $15 an ounce for the remainder of the plant. New rules, set to take effect Jan. 1, make distinctions between […]

ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has completed its second big wild horse roundup in northern Nevada in recent weeks, removing 887 mustangs from the range in Elko County. The agency said Tuesday the horses were gathered Sept. 19-Oct. 2 in the Antelope Valley and Goshute herd management areas where their […]

HAVERHILL, N.H. (AP) — An animal sanctuary and a farm are working together to spare a young slaughterhouse-bound pig to promote local agriculture in New Hampshire. Beans and Greens Farm of Gilford is hoping to send the pig named Grover to the Tomten Farm and Sanctuary in Haverhill where it will live out its days. […]

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Shares of American Airlines are sinking to their lowest level in more than two years as the carrier warns about rising fuel prices and lost revenue from Hurricane Florence. The shares fell $1.90, or 5.3 percent, to $34 in Tuesday afternoon trading. American says it canceled 2,100 flights during Florence, […]

The coffee chain, which has been struggling with slow afternoon sales, said in a statement, “we value constructive feedback on delivering long-term shareholder value.”

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada kicked off the first month of the new fiscal year with its biggest monthly marijuana sales since the state legalized pot for recreational use on July 1, 2017. The Nevada Tax Department said Tuesday the $7.9 million in marijuana tax revenue in July was 11 percent higher than Fiscal […]

Paul Greengrass' film, shot like a documentary, explores several of the lives altered when right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by a frightening Anders Danielsen Lie) went on a deadly rampage in Norway in 2011, killing 77. Rating: 3.5 stars out of 4.

If an employee's child is home sick, Starbucks will pay the majority of the cost for backup child care under a new benefit program.

Before Seattle Times basketball reporter Percy Allen heads to the Bay Area for Pac-12 basketball media days, he wants to hear from you. Leave any questions you have about UW or Pac-12 hoops here, and Percy will get you answers.

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Senate’s vote confirming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was a time to celebrate at Fox News Channel. The network recorded its biggest Saturday audience in more than a decade. The Nielsen company said Fox reached 4.34 million viewers for the Senate vote, the biggest Saturday audience since Hurricane Katrina […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California fire officials say two sagging Pacific Gas and Electric Co. power lines made contact and ignited a blaze last year that killed four people and injured a firefighter. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said Tuesday strong winds caused the lines to touch, creating an electrical arc that […]

A Louisiana teenager flew for 10½ hours through a sandstorm over Saudi Arabia, got stuck in the Philippines by typhoons, and set three youth aviation records. Flying entirely by instruments through the sandstorm’s turbulence was the worst part of the trip, Mason Andrews , 18, of Monroe in northeast Louisiana, said Monday. “It seemed like […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Two former educators convicted in a major test-cheating scandal in Atlanta say they plan to begin their prison sentences after they were convicted of racketeering. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Tamara Cotman and Angela Williamson will be the first to go to prison for participating in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating conspiracy. […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In the storm-weary Carolinas, Hurricane Michael’s approach is stoking fresh fears among homeowners who still have tarps on their roofs or industrial dehumidifiers drying their floors from destruction left by Hurricane Florence. Thousands of homes in North and South Carolina were damaged when the September hurricane smashed trees into rooftops and […]

MOSCOW (AP) — A news outlet linked to a Russian multimillionaire accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has reportedly been hit by an arson attack. St. Petersburg restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozh is believed to control a media empire that includes a “troll farm” whose members were indicted in the U.S. in February for […]