Yahoo Weather

You are here

NewswireSubscribe to RSS - Newswire

Hoe, hoe, hoe! Christmas trees are back, in new farm bill

Updated: May 19, 2013 7:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill.

Tree...

More Newswire ↓

Home care aides deserve back pay, high court told

Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30am

The Washington Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a class-action case brought by live-in home care aides against the state Department of Social and Health Services that could cost taxpayers...

Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza had no drugs, alcohol in system

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

HARTFORD, Conn. — Toxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn...

NTSB urges stricter curbs on drunken driving

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which...

89 arrested in crackdown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals were among 89 people recently arrested in nine cities, accused of scheming to defraud the Medicare program of nearly $...

<p>Mark Boster | Los Angeles Times</p><p>Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at the 84th Annual Academy Awards show in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2012.</p>

Brad Pitt reacts to Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie was “heroic” for undergoing a preventive double mastectomy, her fiance, Brad Pitt, said Tuesday after she wrote an op-ed piece revealing her decision and describing...

Russia says American was recruiting for CIA

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

MOSCOW — Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said.

Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third...

Holder defends seizure of AP’s telephone records

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the far-reaching probe in the disclosure of security information by The Associated Press and said American lives...

Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials purposely targeted conservative groups for...

Report: Flawed salt studies shouldn’t alter US dietary guidelines

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While high salt intake increases the risk of heart disease in the general public, a new study says the health effects are less clear when salt consumption actually is reduced to...

Three issues at forefront of session

Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30am

OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee has shortened his top priorities on the Legislature’s “to do” list for the special session to three things: Pass an operating budget.

Pass a new package for...

Obituaries

Betty Elaine Buckman

Updated: May 19, 2013 1:30pm

Betty Elaine Buckman was born April 6, 1951, in Dodge City, Kansas. She passed away on May 10, 2013...

Matthew DeLaine Blecha

Updated: May 19, 2013 1:30pm

Vernon Jack Goodin

Updated: May 19, 2013 1:30pm

LeRoy Ludwig Nelson

Updated: May 18, 2013 1:30pm

Saturday death notices

Updated: May 18, 2013 7:30am
eNewsletter sign up

Email Address:

First Name:

Last Name:

Yes, I would like to receive Morning Briefing.

Yes, I would like to receive Breaking News.

Galleries