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Palestinians fix a tent at a camp for displaced residents on the beach front in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024.

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza sees no end to war

Palestinians fix a tent at a camp for displaced residents on the beach front in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024.

November 27, 2024, 1:14pm Latest News

For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago. Read story

Gustavo Balderas, superintendent of Beaverton School District, works in his office at the district administrative office in Beaverton, Ore., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations

Gustavo Balderas, superintendent of Beaverton School District, works in his office at the district administrative office in Beaverton, Ore., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.

November 27, 2024, 1:07pm Latest News

Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Read story

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

The IRS is at risk of losing $20 billion in funding without legislative intervention

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building May 4, 2021, in Washington. On Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

November 27, 2024, 12:10pm Latest News

Already bracing for funding cuts under a new Trump administration, U.S. Treasury officials are calling on Congress to unlock $20 billion in IRS enforcement money that is tied up in legislative language that has effectively rendered the money frozen. Read story

People dance in a powwow at Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lincoln City, Ore.

Oregon tribe has hunting and fishing rights restored under a long-sought court ruling

People dance in a powwow at Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Lincoln City, Ore.

November 27, 2024, 8:21am Latest News

Drumming made the floor vibrate and singing filled the conference room of the Chinook Winds Casino Resort in Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, as hundreds in tribal regalia danced in a circle. Read story

FILE - Shoppers reach for items on display in a Costco warehouse Nov. 19, 2024, in Lone Tree, Colo.

US inflation gauge ticks higher with price pressures still stubborn

FILE - Shoppers reach for items on display in a Costco warehouse Nov. 19, 2024, in Lone Tree, Colo.

November 27, 2024, 8:15am Business

Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months. Read story

FILE - Customers shop at a grocery store in Chicago, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

What stores are open on Thanksgiving? Not many since most stay closed to prepare for Black Friday

FILE - Customers shop at a grocery store in Chicago, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

November 27, 2024, 8:11am Business

With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season, Americans will again be consumed with the annual trifecta of turkey, travel and transactions — lots of them. Read story

President Joe Biden, with his fingers crossed, speaks to reporters after being asked a question about a Gaza ceasefire, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.

Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win

President Joe Biden, with his fingers crossed, speaks to reporters after being asked a question about a Gaza ceasefire, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024.

November 27, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration. Read story

Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, speaks during a legislative session preview in the Cherberg Building at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

In WA state Legislature, Democrats and Republicans are sticking with their leaders

Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, speaks during a legislative session preview in the Cherberg Building at the Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Olympia, Wash.

November 27, 2024, 7:26am Latest News Free

House Speaker Laurie Jinkins and Minority Leader Drew Stokesbary will lead their respective caucuses in the Washington state House of Representatives in the 2025 legislative session. Read story

Washington state’s early learning programs could face budget cuts

November 27, 2024, 7:24am Latest News

As Washington stares down a multibillion-dollar deficit, the state Department of Children, Youth and Families has proposed cutting about $77 million from two state early learning programs. Read story

Holiday closures: Thanksgiving

November 27, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News Free

What’s open and what’s closed for Thanksgiving: Read story