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Gov. Bob Ferguson, at podium, goes to shake hands with state Sen. Noel Frame, D-Seattle, at the signing of a bill to make clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, on May 2, 2025 in Olympia. At center is Mary Dispenza, a founding member of the Catholic Accountability Project.

New law requires clergy in Washington to report child abuse

The Rimrock Retreat Fire burned through the Oak Creek drainage in Yakima County in 2024, but the damage was minimal due to tree thinning and prescribed burns the Department of Natural Resources completed in the area with House Bill 1168 funding before the fire.

WA lands commissioner wants $100M boost for wildfire funding

Republican presidential candidates from left, Jim Gilmore, Lindsey Graham, Bobby Jindal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Carly Fiorina, and George Pataki take the stage for a pre-debate forum at the Quicken Loans Arena, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. Seven of the candidates have not qualified for the primetime debate.

In 'Happy Hour Debate,' Candidates Struggle To Break Through

Rick Perry, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki and Jim Gilmore didn't make the prime-time debate. Instead, they took shots at the people they wanted to debate.

Sunday marked 72 years since the U.S. dropped one of two atomic bombs on Japan. On the eve of the anniversary, organizers of a peace event lit up torches on floats on the Motoyasu River next to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.

Japan Calls For Denuclearized World On 72nd Anniversary Of Hiroshima

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Now, Japan, the U.S. and other nations grapple with calls for global disarmament amid the threat posed by North Korea.

Syrian refugee children flash the V-sign at a camp in Suruc, a Turkish city near the border with Syria.

5 Surprising Facts About The Refugee Crisis

Not since World War II have there been so many people who've fled their homes due to conflict. And children are hit especially hard by the crisis.

Travelers self-test for the coronavirus at a mobile testing site at New York City's Penn Station in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. The U.S. is currently seeing record hospitalizations for COVID-19, and health experts fear more surges are on their way.

Fauci Warns Of 'Surge Upon A Surge' As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hit Yet Another High

More than 91,000 people were hospitalized with the coronavirus on Saturday — over 6,000 of them on ventilators. With the holiday season fast approaching, health experts fear the worst is yet to come.

The spike in hate crimes in 2020 follows a recent upward trend in bias incidents, and it was a 6% increase over the 7,287 bias-related offenses reported in 2019.

Hate Crimes Reach The Highest Level In More Than A Decade

The 6% spike in hate crimes reported by the FBI for 2020 follows a recent upward trend in incidents. But some experts and advocacy groups say the true number is probably even higher.

Galveston: Destruction and Reconstruction

As many as 6,000 people died in the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. Patricia Bellis Bixel, who wrote about the storm and how the city was rebuilt, details the operation for Debbie Elliott.

Your Guide To Movies Coming Out This Holiday Season

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Hollywood always offers up lots of brightly wrapped presents. Critic Bob Mondello offers a preview of films coming this season including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and more.

Cheryl Porter shows pictures she has printed from cell phone images of her incarcerated son, who was injured in a riot at Parchman prison. "It was a bloodbath," she says.

After Inmate Deaths, Mississippi Faces Pressure To Reform Its Prisons

The state of Mississippi is the subject of lawsuits and a federal investigation following the deaths of more than 30 inmates in its prison system since late last year.

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