The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday striking down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade and 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings, foreshadowed in a rare leak last month, is likely to have wide, but varying, effects nationally, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2022
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Federal officials say the FBI's database of people prohibited from purchasing firearms only works if it has "complete, accurate and timely information."
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2022
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"21 dead in Texas elementary school shooting."
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2022
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An avian flu that's spreading quickly across the U.S. has been detected in the Pacific Northwest in two backyard bird flocks in rural Oregon and Washington.
Veterinary medicine
May 7, 2022
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In Washington state, many counties in recent years have supplemented their revenues through court-imposed fines such as traffic citations and court processing fees.
Social Sciences
Mar 2, 2022
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Washington has invoked the environmental provisions of the North American free trade pact to urge Mexico to do more to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, officials announced Thursday.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2022
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As its name suggests, the bigleaf maple tree's massive leaves are perhaps its most distinctive quality. A native to the Pacific Northwest's wet westside forests, these towering trees can grow leaves up to 1.5 feet across—the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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Federal officials have approved a plan that calls for cutting nontribal salmon fishing along the West Coast when the fish are needed to help the Northwest's endangered killer whales.
Ecology
Sep 15, 2021
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Every year, more than 1,000 tons of plastic rain down onto national parks and wilderness areas in the western U.S.
Other
Aug 24, 2021
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Wildlife biologists have captured a female grizzly bear in Washington state for the first time in 40 years, fitting it with a radio collar so they can track its movements, officials said Thursday.
Ecology
Jul 16, 2021
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