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PowerPollen head of engineering Jason Kelsick walks through a row of corn in a field, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, near Ames, Iowa.
New police recruits practice traffic stop arrests at Washington's Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on April 2. Washington state provides police officers with just one hour of training on handling hate crimes throughout their 720-hour basic police academy training despite recent rises in hate crimes or acts of discrimination.

WA police get one hour of hate-crime training despite rising cases

New police recruits practice traffic stop arrests at Washington's Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on April 2. Washington state provides police officers with just one hour of training on handling hate crimes throughout their 720-hour basic police academy training despite recent rises in hate crimes or acts of discrimination.

October 28, 2024, 12:14pm Courts & Crime

When antisemitic graffiti appeared on the Western Washington University campus last November, student Maddie Pelkey took her concerns directly to the campus police chief. Read story

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Washington still relying on ‘stopgap’ tracking software for cannabis industry

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October 28, 2024, 12:11pm Business

It’s been over a decade since Washington legalized recreational marijuana — but the state still isn’t able to reliably track cannabis from production through processing to retail sale. Read story

An aerial view of the Washougal quarry near the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The county has received 22 applications for surface mining zoning, which would significantly expand the county&rsquo;s mining operations, similar to the Washougal quarry, if approved.

Clark County has 22 requests for new surface mines; 20 are from the same company

An aerial view of the Washougal quarry near the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The county has received 22 applications for surface mining zoning, which would significantly expand the county&rsquo;s mining operations, similar to the Washougal quarry, if approved.

October 28, 2024, 12:09pm Business

The number of surface mining operations in Clark County could significantly increase in the coming years. The county received 22 requests, all but two from the same company, for surface mining zoning in northern and eastern rural areas of the county. Read story

Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, on Oct. 16, 2024, in Marshall, N.C.

US voters concerned about post-election violence and efforts to overturn the results: AP-NORC poll

Poll workers set up ballot-marking machines at an early in-person voting site at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, on Oct. 16, 2024, in Marshall, N.C.

October 28, 2024, 10:41am Latest News

American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence, attempts to overturn the election results and its broader implications for democracy, according to a new poll. Read story

FILE - In this combination image, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a debate, Oct. 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

Some Washington agricultural communities fear a second Donald Trump presidency as deportation threats persist

FILE - In this combination image, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during a debate, Oct. 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, left, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a debate, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.

October 28, 2024, 9:53am Latest News

José Portillo looks up at a picture of former President Barack Obama near his desk. Read story

A computer screen displays text produced by an artificial intelligence-powered transcription program called Whisper at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. In this example, the speaker said, "as the um, the, her father dies not too long after he remarried…." while the program transcribes that as " It's fine. It's just too sensitive to tell.

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

A computer screen displays text produced by an artificial intelligence-powered transcription program called Whisper at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. In this example, the speaker said, "as the um, the, her father dies not too long after he remarried…." while the program transcribes that as " It's fine. It's just too sensitive to tell.

October 28, 2024, 9:43am Business

Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” Read story

FILE - A building burns after a Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 15, 2024.

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

FILE - A building burns after a Russian strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 15, 2024.

October 28, 2024, 9:41am Latest News

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Monday. Read story

This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally, Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 17, 2024.

Trump, Harris in dead heat: Major polls find statistical tie as campaign enters final week

This combination of file photos shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally, Oct. 18, 2024, in Detroit, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign rally in Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 17, 2024.

October 28, 2024, 9:37am Latest News

BOSTON – If it seems like we’ve got a particularly nail-biting election on our hands this cycle, well, that’s because we do. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

October 28, 2024, 9:32am Latest News

Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. Read story