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It has been a violent year in Chicago, and Christmas weekend offered no respite. "We have a traumatized city," one woman who works with victims' families tells NPR.

A Washington state House committee is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that will provide family and medical leave benefits for workers.The bill’s…

March: Book Three, the third installment in the civil rights leader's memoir, won the Coretta Scott King Award for best African-American author. The Caldecott and Newbery medals also were announced.

Historic forest fires. The Oso landslide. Global warming. These are among the issues in the race for Washington Commissioner of Public Lands. The...

A team of veterinarians performed emergency surgery to remove a dense, lemon-sized mass of bamboo. His prognosis is "very good."

Today in Gettysburg, Pa., Donald Trump blended his "closing argument" with recriminations and the agenda for his first 100 days in office.

As leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee rock that party's convention this week, federal law enforcement officials are investigating the hack and whether it was orchestrated by Russia.

"In our opinion, it is the only proper course of action following this tragedy," Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts said. A 10-year-old rider was killed on the Verrückt waterslide last August.

The Google Street View project has sent cars to photograph places around the world, but it has never been to the Faroe Islands. Some islanders have found a unique way to put itself on the map.

Washington’s state treasurer is a low-profile job with high stakes. It involves managing billions of dollars and guarding the state’s creditworthiness....