A Cuban woman who had come to the United States illegally has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for her part in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 16 people.

A North Dakota judge has dismissed a charge against a man accused of impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

A new study documents how Americans automatically place higher trust in local news sources, which is a good thing until this trust is exploited.

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A group of school superintendents aims to steer Washington state in a totally new direction on education. Outsiders are ...

Locally, a trade war would hurt Washington. More widely, it could undermine American influence in the most economically ...

Questions about Washington's education funding have lingered for years. Grim new academic results provide an answer, but not ...

The latest projections show Seattle taking in $240 million less than expected, extending the city's budget problem.

Bickering and chaos were on display in a presidential debate in Poland as eight candidates met to discuss existential matters ...

Across his political career, President Donald Trump has made his case for tariffs by relying on a number of false and ...

Argentina's statistics agency says that monthly inflation has accelerated to its fastest pace in seven months, with consumer prices up 3.7% from the month before mainly as a result of rising food ...

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing.