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Inside one man’s campaign to take down WA’s infant carbon market

Brian Heywood, from left, founder of Let’s Go Washington, stands Tuesday with Washington State Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh in front of boxes of petitions for an initiative to repeal Washington’s cap-and invest program.

September 29, 2024, 10:25am Latest News

While big-name donors and politicians gather and spend millions against the initiative to kill Washington's fledgling carbon market, the man behind the measure is running a guerrilla campaign to sway voters to his side. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

Some Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s attack on Harris as ‘mentally disabled’

September 29, 2024, 9:43am Latest News

Republicans on Sunday sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump's latest insults of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during a rambling weekend rally in Wisconsin in which he called her “mentally disabled.” Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two in San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024.

Harris is set to rally again in Las Vegas as both campaigns emphasize swing-state Nevada

September 29, 2024, 9:43am Latest News

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to rally in Las Vegas on Sunday night as both she and Republican Donald Trump continue to make frequent trips to Nevada, looking to gain momentum in the swing state as Election Day nears. Read story

Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria gives a thumbs-up as he arrives at a polling station in Purkersdorf, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, to cast his vote in the country's national election.

Austrian far-right Freedom Party leading in national election, a projection shows

September 29, 2024, 9:37am Latest News

The far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria’s election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a national parliamentary vote, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear. Read story

A man walks on rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Lebanon says 24 killed in Israeli airstrikes, including another high-ranking Hezbollah official

September 29, 2024, 9:27am Latest News

At least 24 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit two adjacent buildings east of the southern city of Sidon, the Lebanese health ministry said Sunday. Read story

Chris Jordan, maintenance manager for Horseshoe Beach, tries to find a water shutoff valve amid the rubble of the destroyed city hall in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

Supplies, emergency workers rushed to North Carolina while Florida digs out from Helene’s damage

September 29, 2024, 9:21am Latest News

Authorities rushed to airlift supplies and restore communications and roads in flooded Asheville, North Carolina, on Sunday as residents along the storm-battered Florida coast gathered for church services amid the wreckage of Hurricane Helene. Read story

FILE - A student raises their hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary school Aug. 4, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. According to test results released by the Georgia Department of Education on Friday, July 26, 2024, Georgia students in some grades approached pre-pandemic scores in the 2023-2024 school year, while other grades did not.

UW study shows how pandemic affected teen boys and girls differently

September 29, 2024, 6:05am Health

Being a teen during the first part of the COVID pandemic meant experiencing many milestones — the first day of high school, birthdays, graduation — from behind a computer screen. Read story

A delivery vehicle that has been grounded from a crack in its rear light is seen near a sign that notes the distribution location, DAX8, at Johnathon Ervin’s distribution site for Amazon products on Friday, May 5, 2023 in Palmdale, CA. Ervin has decided to voluntarily unionize the company and wonders if Amazon is retaliating against his company.

Amazon demands a lot from its drivers. Now they’re pushing back

September 29, 2024, 6:04am Business

Rajpal Singh sweltered on his routes, delivering hundreds of packages every day for Amazon to homes on twisty dirt roads in the hills and valleys surrounding Lancaster and Palmdale, California. Temperatures in his van commonly climbed above 100 degrees. Read story

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