UPDATE: Authorities say that a tan SUV was heading west on 35th on Wednesday afternoon when the driver ran a stop sign at Freya. A blue SUV that was headed south on Freya hit the tan SUV causing the vehicle to flip over.
There were two people in the overturned SUV, a woman and a little girl. They
SPOKANE, Wash. - A federal grand jury has indicted a Spokane man for mailing a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to President Obama. The indictment handed down Wednesday contends that 37-year-old Matthew Buquet developed the biological agent in violation of federal
IDAHOSTATESMAN.COM - Maryanne Jordan said she's not worried - yet - that state lawmakers will undo city laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.
On the other hand, Boise's City Council president left no doubt how she felt about
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The man accused of strangling his girlfriend and putting her body in a tub of acid at a Nine Mile Falls home pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge in Spokane.
The trial for 27-year-old Jason Hart is set for Aug. 12.
He's accused of killing 33-year-old Regan
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A Spokane father who discovered his 15-year-old daughter was being wooed on Facebook by a man twice her age took matters into his own hands. He hatched a Facebook ruse that drew the 30-year-old Federal Way, Wash., man to Spokane earlier this month. Then the
KHQ.COM - On Wednesday morning emergency crews responded to a 2 car head-on crash on Hwy. 195 in Whitman County near the Idaho State line. The Washington State Patrol says at least one person was trapped. The identifies of those involved have not been released. We'll post new details when
SPOKANE, Wash. - An accused killer is still on the loose. He's identified as 19-year-old Issiah L. Schauman, he's the N. Atlantic shooting suspect. If you see him dial 911.
By Robyn Ross,
Selma Blair is officially exiting FX's Anger Management.
"We are confirming that Selma Blair will not be returning to Anger Management and we wish her the very best," a rep for Lionsgate Television confirmed to TVGuide.com.
By Liz Raftery,
As part of a new outreach program through Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street is introducing a new muppet guest character — a boy named Alex whose father is in jail.
The program is called "Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration" and aims to teach kids coping mechanisms to
By Robyn Ross,
Miley Cyrus won't comment on her relationship with Liam Hemsworth, but she will talk openly about her stance on marijuana.
See photos of Miley Cyrus through the years
By BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Police say they think a domestic issue prompted a shooting at a condominium complex in an upscale Louisville neighborhood that claimed three lives and left a fourth person badly wounded.
Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell identified the dead
By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer.
Arias was found guilty of first-
By SUE MANNINGAssociated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A decade ago, the Rosebud Sioux Indians in South Dakota were paying people to catch and shoot wild dogs. Dogs that weren't caught were covered in mange and parasites. Some froze. Some starved. In packs, they survived be eating each other
By IVAN MORENOAssociated Press
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
The fire in the foothills about 30
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE HIGHTOWERAssociated Press
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - One potential juror at George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial belongs to the National Rifle Association. Another says she was the victim of a violent crime that is constantly on her mind. A third is a competitive
By VICKI SMITHAssociated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical parks dedicated to his legacy can't afford to bid on them
Dallas-
By GILLIAN WONGAssociated Press
BEIJING (AP) - Call me a lecher but don't call me a crook, an ex-city official at the heart of a sex tape scandal has said in his unusually spirited courtroom defense against corruption charges.
The case of Lei Zhengfu, former party chief of a district in the
By LAURIE KELLMANAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The immigration protesters advanced on the news conference, poking signs that read "Do Not Reward Criminals" and "No Amnesty!" over the heads of Republicans who had just finished speaking about finding a civilized tone in the year's most
By ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPOAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House will vote Thursday on whether to cut federally-subsidized crop insurance that helps farmers when they lose crops or revenue.
The amendment by Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., would limit government help for crop insurance paid to wealthy
By BRADLEY BROOKS, MARCO SIBAJA and JENNY BARCHFIELDAssociated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) - With massive protests by middle-class Brazilians demanding wholesale government reforms, people all over this continent-sized country have reached a verdict on the streets and online: "The giant has awakened."
By JIM ABRAMSAssociated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Froman, a senior White House economic adviser and classmate of President Barack Obama at Harvard Law School, on Wednesday won Senate confirmation to be the next U.S. trade representative.
The confirmation vote was 93-4, elevating the 50-year-
By PAN PYLASAssociated Press
LONDON (AP) - Markets were roiled Thursday by a suggestion from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus next year. While stocks and commodities took a pounding on the news, the dollar surged.
For nearly
AMSTERDAM (AP) - The chief executive of ABN Amro says the Dutch bank is ready to be privatized.
Gerrit Zalm said on a late-night television talk show Wednesday that the bank is sufficiently capitalized and had remained profitable despite a recession in the Netherlands.
"We're ready," said Zalm
LE BOURGET, France (AP) - A Hong Kong aircraft leasing company has agreed to buy 60 Airbus single-aisle jets, which have been selling well at this week at the Paris Air Show.
Hong Kong Aviation Capital placed an order Thursday for 40 of the new generation A320 jets and 20 new generation A321s. At
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer
BANGKOK (AP) - Oil prices fell Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve indicated it could begin to wind down its massive stimulus program later this year, as long as the U.S. economy remains on the upswing.
U.S. benchmark oil for July delivery fell $2.08 to $96
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press said Thursday that it has bought a minority stake in the live video service Bambuser, boosting its ability to acquire and distribute video collected by people who have witnessed news events.
Financial terms were not disclosed. As part of the deal, Sandy
PARIS (AP) - France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users - or be fined.
The legal action accelerates a Europe-wide fight against Google over its use of personal data. While the fines threatened are small by the standards of one of the world's
Former Gonzaga left-hander Marco Gonzales is officially a St. Louis Cardinal.
Gonzales arrived in St. Louis on Tuesday to finalize the contract he had agreed upon earlier. Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that the lefty would most likely start his professional career in high
The Spokane Shock have specially choreographed dances to celebrate touchdowns. From receivers to lineman, there are specific roles. Here's a preview of the story that will be on SWX Tonight on Thursday.
The Washington State football team has added a two-game series with Rutgers.
The Cougars will host the Scarlet Knights at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on August 29, 2014 and will play at Rutgers on Sept. 12, 2015. The two teams have never faced each other.
Washington State's originally
Shadle Park quarterback Brett Rypien (class of 2015) has been offered by Boise State. Northwest Elite Index and Barton Football Academy staffer Scott Enyeart first tweeted the news Wednesday morning, which was retweeted by Rypien.
Rypien, the nephew of former Washington State and NFL quarterback
The Eastern Washington men's basketball team has a few big-name schools on its schedule for the 2013-14 season.
The Eagles will travel to the East Coast to face Seton Hall and Connecticut on Dec. 21 and 28, respectively, to close out the non-conference portion of their schedule. They will also
ATLANTA (AP) - A station official says the cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been fired after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.
The show, Mayhem in the AM, was broadcast Monday morning on 790 The Zone. In a statement, General Manager
NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press said Thursday that it has bought a minority stake in the live video service Bambuser, boosting its ability to acquire and distribute video collected by people who have witnessed news events.
Financial terms were not disclosed. As part of the deal, Sandy
PARIS (AP) - France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users - or be fined.
The legal action accelerates a Europe-wide fight against Google over its use of personal data. While the fines threatened are small by the standards of one of the world's
By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday.
Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai was
BEIJING (AP) - Astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's part of efforts to popularize the space program among young people.
Wang Yaping demonstrated
By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. needs more time to study a key proposal from a U.S. hedge fund to spin off a part of its entertainment unit as a way to propel its fledgling revival, the chief executive told shareholders Thursday.
Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai was
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was "in tears" after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site.
Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had deleted all Megaupload files from 630 servers.
LeaseWeb said in