Republican lawmakers focus on achievements, work still to be done
The 7-cent increase in gas taxes set to take effect Saturday isn’t the only cost to drivers to come out of the recent legislative session.
The 7-cent increase in gas taxes set to take effect Saturday isn’t the only cost to drivers to come out of the recent legislative session.
Cowlitz County is in critical need of foster parents.
A heat advisory has been issued for Wednesday and Thursday in Longview and Kelso, with temperatures expected to reach up to 95 degrees.
A man was struck by a Caltrain late Tuesday night in San Bruno, authorities said. The age and identity of the person was not immediately available. He was taken to a local hospital, where his condition was not known. The incident happened when a southbound train hit a man “who was on the tracks illegally” at 10:03 p.m., said Caltrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew. The circumstances leading up to the collision under investigation, Bartholomew said. Читать дальше...
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian parliamentary investigation into a graft scandal at debt-laden state investment fund 1MDB has been put on hold as cracks in the long-ruling party appeared to widen on Wednesday. The allegations of extensive graft at the fund are the biggest threat to Prime Minister Najib Razak's credibility since he took office in 2009, and could threaten the grip his United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party has kept on politics since independence in 1957.
While Nareshkumar Raghupati made it to the nation's premier management institute in Lucknow after scoring a fantastic 94.5 percentile in the common admission test for IIM, back home, the faculty of his alma mater, Sahakar Vidya Prasarak Mandal (SVPM) in Kalwa is elated at his progress so far.
C.J. Wilson was the first to admit he threw a stinker of a game Tuesday night, giving up six earned runs and six hits, including two home runs, walking three and hitting two batters in four innings of a 10-5 loss to the Houston Astros in Minute Main Park.
The Dodgers breathed a tad easier Tuesday, even if it was on a night they were falling 2-0 to the Oakland Athletics.
French energy group in talks on further asset disposals as refining shores up profits
The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC)'s new mobile application to report about potholes in the city has been flooding with messages over the last few days.
The golden arms have thrown their final pitches before the trade deadline. It is all up to the front offices now.
The Cleveland Browns selected former USC tight end Randall Telfer and linebacker Hayes Pullard in the NFL draft in May, but only Pullard is expected to participate in training camp.
The Arctic ice shield is not melting as the Greens’ predictions want us all to believe, writes Keith Bryer.
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A shift in attitude in mining negotiations is essential to achieve industrial unity, writes Adriaan Groenewald.
Most of us take for granted that beer, not wine, is the proper partner for Asian cooking. Suds just seem right — a cool cold one at hand, light, sparkling, slightly bitter, a ready match for t…
Arthur Brooks is a stranger to convention. A self-styled “liberal bohemian,” he had an early career as an itinerant professional French horn player. He later got a doctorate and became a unive…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday described former Indian President A.P.J Abdul Kalam “as an inspiration to millions of Indians and admirers around the world,” while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “a father to every Indian child.”
I made sure to pack a number of things on my visit to baseball history Tuesday, including sunscreen, plenty of bottled water and an open mind. All of it came in handy. The scene at San Rafael’s Albert Park was going to be steamy, radical and futuristic, and when it was over — after every ball and strike had been called by a computer — it didn’t seem so terribly disturbing. As the San Rafael Pacifics and Vallejo Admirals went about their business in a Pacific Association independent league game... Читать дальше...
An attorney for Republican presidential contender Donald Trump apologized on Tuesday for making the incorrect assertion that "by the very definition, you can't rape your spouse.".
About one in 10 children have come in contact with Internet devices before their first birthday, according to Japan’s Internal Affairs Ministry.
The Angels bypassed bigger names and bats on the trade market for more modest upgrades in left field, acquiring left-handed-hitting David DeJesus from Tampa Bay and David Murphy from Cleveland on Tuesday.
With Los Angeles' hopes of hosting the 2024 Summer Games unexpectedly revived, Mayor Eric Garcetti must soon decide whether he is willing to accept the sort of financial risks that his counterpart in Boston - the U.S. Olympic Committee's first choice of host city - balked at this week.