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FILE - Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.

Trump keeps 10% tariffs on UK but cuts taxes on British autos, steel and aluminum with trade deal

FILE - Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Washington.

May 8, 2025, 2:04pm Business

President Donald Trump agreed on Thursday to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal but played down the possibility of other nations getting similarly favorable terms on his import taxes, which are roiling the global economy. Read story

The Pioneer Fire was reported on June 8th on private land northwest of Chelan and quickly spread onto the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, including wilderness. (U.S.

WA lawmakers slash wildfire budget in half

The Pioneer Fire was reported on June 8th on private land northwest of Chelan and quickly spread onto the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, including wilderness. (U.S.

May 8, 2025, 1:51pm Latest News

The last fire to burn this forest was started by drip torches. Fingers of flame ignited the underbrush last fall, clearing fuels that could supercharge a wildfire. Read story

FILE - The U.S. Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

More older Americans worry Social Security won’t be there for them, an AP-NORC poll finds

FILE - The U.S. Social Security Administration office is seen in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

May 8, 2025, 1:50pm Latest News

As the Social Security Administration undergoes massive changes and staffing cuts ushered in by the Trump administration, an increasing share of older Americans — particularly Democrats — aren’t confident the benefit will be available to them, a poll shows. Read story

The Washington State Patrol weigh station exit in Ridgefield is closed Thursday after a Clark County sheriff's deputy stabbed a fatally drunk driving suspect at the scale house late Thursday night.

Clark County sheriff’s deputy fatally stabs a DUI suspect at WSP scale house in Ridgefield

The Washington State Patrol weigh station exit in Ridgefield is closed Thursday after a Clark County sheriff's deputy stabbed a fatally drunk driving suspect at the scale house late Thursday night.

May 8, 2025, 1:37pm Clark County News

A Clark County sheriff’s deputy fatally stabbed a suspected drunk driver who reportedly tried to take the deputy’s gun late Wednesday night at the Washington State Patrol scale house in Ridgefield, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. Read story

Newly elected Pope Leone XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

Newly elected Pope Leone XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.

May 8, 2025, 1:25pm Churches & Religion

 Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday. Read story

A reenactor puts on lipstick before a parade as part of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary, of the end of World War II in Europe, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Paris.

80 years ago World War II in Europe was over. Celebrating V-E Day is now tinged with some dread

A reenactor puts on lipstick before a parade as part of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary, of the end of World War II in Europe, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Paris.

May 8, 2025, 1:15pm Latest News

Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of current-day conflict as it celebrates the defeat of ultimate evil. Read story

A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

Wall Street rises on hopes for trade deals that could forestall a recession

A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Wednesday, May 7, 2025.

May 8, 2025, 1:14pm Business

U.S. stocks rose Thursday after the United States and United Kingdom announced a deal on trade that would lower some tariffs between the two countries, the first of what Wall Street hopes will be enough agreements to keep a recession from hitting the economy. Read story

One person was killed in a two-alarm fire at Evergreen Pointe Apartments in central Vancouver early Friday morning.

Victim in fatal apartment fire in Vancouver identified

One person was killed in a two-alarm fire at Evergreen Pointe Apartments in central Vancouver early Friday morning.

May 8, 2025, 12:03pm Clark County News

The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim of a May 2 apartment fire in central Vancouver as Megan Peterkin, 38. Read story

Cameron Parrish, 31, of Vancouver appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court, accused of pointing a gun at a teenage girl and telling her to get in his vehicle in north Salmon Creek on Tuesday.

Bail set at $10M for man accused of trying to lure girl into vehicle at gunpoint in Salmon Creek

Cameron Parrish, 31, of Vancouver appears Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court, accused of pointing a gun at a teenage girl and telling her to get in his vehicle in north Salmon Creek on Tuesday.

May 8, 2025, 10:28am Clark County News

In an unusual move, a judge set bail at $10 million for a Vancouver man accused of pointing a gun at a teenage girl and telling her to get in his vehicle in north Salmon Creek. Read story

FILE - A man stands next to tents on a sidewalk in San Francisco on April 21, 2020.

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s new transit and homelessness grant conditions

FILE - A man stands next to tents on a sidewalk in San Francisco on April 21, 2020.

May 8, 2025, 9:54am Latest News

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mass transit grants for the Seattle area or homelessness services grants for Boston, New York, San Francisco and other local governments. Read story