Two powerful earthquakes less than two months apart have exposed stark differences in how neighboring Venezuela and Colombia ...

In today's Skagit Valley Herald, Milo Whitman reports on the Skagit Council on Aging's work to take over some programs for ...

WARSAW (AP) — A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out, the Polish prime minister said Thursday. It was the first time that ...

President Donald Trump's handling of repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has put the National Park Service in a difficult spot. Critics say Trump demands including revising park exhibits ...

Flyhalf Richie Mo’unga has been recalled by New Zealand after a three-year after absence as an injury replacement for the rugby tour of South Africa. The 32-year-old Mo'unga last played ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death was recorded in the previously unaffected Bas-Uele province, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is rising toward an all-time high on Thursday following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their ...

The Kennedy Center’s board is expected to meet Thursday to consider plans for the performing arts venue’s future after a federal judge blocked an earlier move for a two-year closure that would allow ...

The return of Australia's so-called Big Four has been overshadowed by Bangladesh on Day 1 of the Top End cricket series. Hasan Mahmud took a career-best 6-55 to help dismiss ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Swiss star Audrey Werro was given a spot in the 800-meter final after falling in her semifinal at the European championships Thursday. The ruling keeps Werro on course for ...

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Mike Trout had three hits and two RBIs, Jose Siri keyed a three-run sixth inning with a pinch-hit RBI double, and George Klassen earned his first major league win in ...