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Daisy Hay's new book is a joint biography of 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and his wife, Mary Anne, whose fortune and status as a gentile helped boost her husband's career.

Tiny patches of Tanzanian farmland contain more rats than do nearby forests. These rats are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause the plague in humans.

A year ago, Kiev's central square was the center of the protest movement that ousted Ukraine's president. The square remains a home for free speech, including criticism of the current government.

The ACLU of Washington is launching an effort to ensure that hospitals are following the state’s abortion rights law. Thursday, the ACLU filed a lawsuit…

Spokane Transit Authority will be asking voters to approve a sales tax increase in April to help fund an ambitious series of transit improvements. The STA…

Washington lawmakers are in contempt of court over school funding. But it’s a couple of non-funding issues that could create a partisan rift.

New ownership is giving new hope to a decrepit, unseaworthy fishing boat with a notable literary pedigree.

A Methow Valley public utility district has won its long-running legal battle against a state agency over the route of new electric power lines. It's been…

The Oregon Department of Administrative Services has requested a criminal investigation over the matter of who leaked some sensitive emails to the media.

A levee project would cordon off lucrative farmland along the Mississippi River in southeastern Missouri. But towns in Illinois say that puts them at risk of flooding while protecting rich farmers.