Tuesday will be a day of homecomings for Northwest soldiers. Two units - a National Guard Company from Oregon and an Air Defense Battalion from Washington - will be reunited with their families. Austin Jenkins has details.
River forecasters may call the flooding near Cataldo, Idaho in the Silver Valley "moderate." But don't try selling that line to Ed and Debbie Kerns who live about 10 miles up the old river road. They're watching water now lapping
The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesdayallowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oilsupplies and working to set crude prices, but the White House hasthreatened to veto the measure.The bill would subject OPEC oil producers, including
FBI officials should have moved more quickly to sound alarms aboutabusive interrogation practices its agents witnessed in Cuba, Iraq andAfghanistan, according to a report by an agency watchdog released Tuesdaymorning.The lengthy study by the Justice Department's inspector generalclears the FBI
Merck & Company Inc. said on Tuesday it will pay $58 million to settle state investigations into its withdrawn pain drug Vioxx. The payment, to be shared by 29 states and the District of Columbia, resolves previously disclosed probes under
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that it wants to ban all"downer" cattle from the food supply, a step that consumer advocatessay would promote food safety but which federal officials say ischiefly an attempt to allay consumer fears.The proposal,
Iraqi security forces moved deep into Sadr City Tuesday to wrest controlof the vast Baghdad district from militiamen loyal to radical ShiiteMuslim cleric Muqtada Sadr.Columns of Iraqi armored Humvees and tanks, backed by helicopters,lumbered down the slum's main arteries, while
A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a lower ruling that the U.S.currency system discriminates against blind people because bills ofdifferent denominations are the same size, shape and color and cannotbe easily distinguished by the visually impaired.In a 2-1 ruling issued
Eight days after a massive earthquake struck southwest China, 129 students and 10 teachers were rescued in anisolated small town in Wenchuan County, Chinese state media reportedTuesday. Early reports about the rescue in the town ofYinxing, carried by the official
Democrats in Kentucky and Oregon added their choices today to thepresidential nominating contest between Sen. Barack Obama (Illinois)and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York), a race the Obama campaign says is practically won but that Clinton's supporters insist is not
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, according to his doctors.Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat said tests conducted afterKennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his leftparietal lobe. His treatment will be decided after more
Wall Street tumbled Tuesday after oil prices spiked to a new recordabove $129 a barrel and a government report raised investors' concernsabout the impact of inflation on consumer spending. The Dow Jonesindustrials fell more than 200 points.Crude jumped after OPEC'spresident
Twenty-seven Ohioans died in military service from April 2007 to last month. The state honored them with a public wreath laying ceremony this week.Our Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler filed this report. WKSU's Karen Kasler reports.
The City of Cleveland is considering a plan to turn all its municipal trash into energy instead of putting it in a landfill. A preliminary study is underway to determine if an environmentally friendly Japanese technology makes sense for Cleveland.
With one day to go before Wednesday's Champions League final, Moscow is completing final preparations for the match. Fifty-thousand British fans are expected at the game between Manchester United and London's Chelsea. Black market tickets are going for as high
