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The Northwest ICE Processing Center, seen from the air, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tacoma, Washington. Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 calls.

At least 6 suicide attempts at Tacoma ICE facility, 911 calls show

The Northwest ICE Processing Center, seen from the air, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Tacoma, Washington. Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 calls.

April 11, 2024, 7:39am Latest News

Over a period of less than three months this year, the federal immigrant detention center in Tacoma has seen at least six, possibly seven, suicide attempts, according to audio and records of 911 calls. Read story

FILE - Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. A new poll from from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason.

As medical perils from abortion bans grow, so do opportunities for Democrats in a post-Roe world

FILE - Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. A new poll from from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason.

April 10, 2024, 2:00pm Latest News

For most of her life, Angela Crawford considered herself a fairly conservative Republican — and she voted that way. But then a wave of court rulings and Republican-led actions in states restricted abortion and later in vitro fertilization, the very procedure that had helped her conceive her daughter. It helped… Read story

Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the Columbia Basin Project, irrigating more than 600,000 acres.

Superfund plan for Columbia River sparks debate in Northwest

Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington began in 1933 and was completed in 1942. It is the largest hydropower producer in the U.S. and also part of the Columbia Basin Project, irrigating more than 600,000 acres.

April 10, 2024, 1:00pm Editor's Choice

It would create one of the largest Superfund sites in America and the first in which most of the toxic pollution comes from another country. But those are not the only unique aspects of an EPA proposal to add the upper reaches of the Columbia River in Washington state to… Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, April 10, 2024, after arriving in Atlanta.

Trump says Arizona’s abortion ban goes too far and defends the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, April 10, 2024, after arriving in Atlanta.

April 10, 2024, 10:54am Politics

Donald Trump said Wednesday that an Arizona law that criminalizes nearly all abortions goes too far and the former president called on Arizona lawmakers to change it, while also defending the overturning of Roe v. Wade that cleared states to ban the procedure. Read story

FILE -  Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Christopher Cavoli addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Jan. 18, 2024.  Cavoli told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.

Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without U.S. help, top Europe general says

FILE -  Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen. Christopher Cavoli addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Jan. 18, 2024.  Cavoli told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.

April 10, 2024, 10:53am Latest News

The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon. Read story

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, from third left, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin greet President Joe Biden and Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as first lady Jill Biden looks on during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington.

Biden welcomes Prime Minister Kishida and praises Japan’s growing clout on international stage

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, from third left, and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin greet President Joe Biden and Japan&#039;s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as first lady Jill Biden looks on during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington.

April 10, 2024, 10:16am Latest News

President Joe Biden hailed Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for bold leadership as he welcomed the Japanese leader to the White House on Wednesday for talks on the delicate security situation in the Pacific and for a glitzy state dinner. Read story

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump&#039;s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. But each passing day brings mounting doubts that the case can reach trial this year. The judge has yet to set a firm trial date despite holding two hours-long hearings with lawyers this month.

Judge in Trump’s classified files case agrees to redact witness names, granting prosecution request

This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump&#039;s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. The classified documents investigation of Donald Trump appeared to have clear momentum in 2022 when FBI agents who searched the former president&rsquo;s Mar-a-Lago estate recovered dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents. But each passing day brings mounting doubts that the case can reach trial this year. The judge has yet to set a firm trial date despite holding two hours-long hearings with lawyers this month.

April 10, 2024, 8:21am Latest News

The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump granted a request by prosecutors on Tuesday aimed at protecting the identities of potential government witnesses. Read story

FILE - The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 8, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a proposal Tuesday, April 9, 2024, to allow some teachers to carry handguns on public school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state&rsquo;s biggest expansions of gun access since a deadly shooting at a private elementary school last year.

Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers a year after deadly Nashville school shooting

FILE - The Tennessee Capitol is seen, Jan. 8, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a proposal Tuesday, April 9, 2024, to allow some teachers to carry handguns on public school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state&rsquo;s biggest expansions of gun access since a deadly shooting at a private elementary school last year.

April 10, 2024, 8:16am Nation & World

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee advanced a proposal Tuesday to allow some teachers to carry handguns on public school grounds, a move that would mark one of the state’s biggest expansions of gun access since a deadly shooting at a private elementary school last year. Read story