1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (257+ words) Devastating wildfires in Spain and France have forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate. Across France, more than 167,000 people had been evacuated, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Saturday night, as some 30 fires burned simultaneously. The most devastating fires are…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago   (614+ words) Democrats are gathering in Bangor, Maine, on Saturday to formally nominate a new candidate for U.S. Senate, as the party looks to move past the scandal-plagued campaign of Graham Platner and refocus its sights on unseating longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins....

19+ hour, 56+ min ago   (583+ words) Washington state leaders say they are protecting the driver information of immigrants from ICE, but immigrant advocates say that data is getting out through other channels, undermining the state’s sanctuary law. Washington prevented federal immigration agencies from accessing Washington driver…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (450+ words) South Carolina was chosen to hold the first Democratic presidential primary in 2028 after a panel voted on the calendar Friday afternoon. The move was pushed by key Democrats to prioritize Black voters, a reliable and influential voting bloc for the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (501+ words) The blockbuster merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is on hold — possibly for many months — as two legal challenges to the $111 billion deal play out in court. In a legal filing in federal court in California on Friday, Paramount…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1748+ words) Washington state’s primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 4, and most voters have received ballots in the mail already. This year doesn’t feature a presidential race, though there are some federal contests to consider: All of Washington's U.S. House seats are…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (502+ words) Washington could spend $1 million repairing damage from vandalism at the state Capitol last year. Restoring a historic wool rug in the state Reception Room as close as possible to its pre-damage form would be the costliest component. A state panel…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (412+ words) The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a seaplane crashed Thursday near Sucia Island in Washington’s San Juan Islands. Police say all 10 passengers and the pilot aboard survived and were rescued by the military and nearby boaters. The plane…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (490+ words) AMMAN, Jordan — The U.S. Friday continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf as the region braced itself after President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch "a massive attack....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (901+ words) For the first time, a Chinese woman has been awarded the world's most prestigious mathematics prize, the Fields Medal, bringing the total count of Chinese-born medalists to three, as two mathematicians from the country clinched medals this year. Often referred…...