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In 1886, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle containing a message into waters hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. It's been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.

West Virginia's striking teachers are headed back to classrooms after the teachers union and state negotiators struck a deal Tuesday.

In the first 2018 primaries, Democrats put up their best numbers in Texas since at least 2002. Republican totals were higher in the end, after lagging in early voting.

An initiative backed by families of people who’ve been shot by police may not appear on Washington’s November ballot after all. That’s because sponsors...

President Trump's chief economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House. Cohn has fought against President Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, a battle he appears to have lost.

As Congress works on the new federal budget, Northwest Congressional members are working across the aisle to get money for two programs that help rural…

In the opening scenes of the documentary film United by Water, writer Sherman Alexie reads his poem ‘Powwow At The End Of The World.’ I am told by many...

The Department of Justice and 45 states allege that generic- drug makers colluded to divvy up customers and set prices. Prosecutors are now looking at potential involvement by drug distributors.

The federal lawsuit by the Department of Justice escalates a long-running battle between the Trump administration and state officials on matters from immigration to climate change.

President Trump targeted the European Union in threatening to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports to the U.S. Steve Inskeep talks to David O'Sullivan, the EU ambassador to Washington.