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A new border wall stretches along the landscape near Sasabe, Ariz., on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Fewer kids, families at border in May

A new border wall stretches along the landscape near Sasabe, Ariz., on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D.

June 10, 2021, 9:12pm Nation & World

The number of unaccompanied children and families entering the U.S. illegally on the Mexican border dropped sharply in May but remained unusually high, authorities said Wednesday. Read story

From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Defense Under Secretary Mike McCord, speaks at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2021.

U.S. begins shifting Afghan combat operations outside country

From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Defense Under Secretary Mike McCord, speaks at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2021.

June 10, 2021, 9:56am Politics

The U.S. military has already begun conducting combat operations and surveillance in Afghanistan from outside the country’s borders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Thursday, as the troop withdrawal continues. Read story

President Joe Biden brushes a cicada from his neck as he and first lady Jill Biden board Air Force One, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, and is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to the rising forces of authoritarianism.

Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden’s press plane was not

President Joe Biden brushes a cicada from his neck as he and first lady Jill Biden board Air Force One, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, and is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to the rising forces of authoritarianism.

June 9, 2021, 10:25am Politics

The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not. Read story

President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One upon departure, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, and is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to the rising forces of authoritarianism.

Biden to assure allies, meet Putin during first overseas trip

President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One upon departure, Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, and is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to the rising forces of authoritarianism.

June 9, 2021, 10:21am Politics

Embarking on the first overseas trip of his term, President Joe Biden is eager to reassert the United States on the world stage, steadying European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor and pushing democracy as the only bulwark to rising forces of authoritarianism. Read story

The Supreme Court is seen through a police barricade in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021.

Supreme Court agrees to hear 2nd ‘state secrets’ case

The Supreme Court is seen through a police barricade in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021.

June 7, 2021, 10:50am Politics

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a lawsuit can go forward in which a group of Muslim residents of California allege the FBI targeted them for surveillance because of their religion. Read story

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. "It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021.

‘There is stuff’: Enduring mysteries trail U.S. report on UFOs

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. "It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021.

June 6, 2021, 6:04am Nation & World

The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible means of propulsion or lift. “Oh my gosh, man,” one aviator says to another as they laugh at the oddity. “What ... is it?” Read story

The City of Vancouver entrance sign is seen at the corner of Sixth and C streets in downtown Vancouver.

Vancouver plans how to allocate $32.6 million in COVID-19 relief

The City of Vancouver entrance sign is seen at the corner of Sixth and C streets in downtown Vancouver.

June 5, 2021, 4:05pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Elected leaders in Vancouver have the opposite of a problem. Read story

FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo, Elizabeth Ruiz, 7, puts up post-it notes on her mother's car window that spell out "God Bless U" as she and her mother Daylin Lemus, of Adelphi, Md., wait in a line of hundreds of cars to receive a Catholic Charities distribution of food at Northwestern High School, in Hyattsville, Md. The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country's food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid.

USDA sending $1B in funding to country’s food bank networks

FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo, Elizabeth Ruiz, 7, puts up post-it notes on her mother's car window that spell out "God Bless U" as she and her mother Daylin Lemus, of Adelphi, Md., wait in a line of hundreds of cars to receive a Catholic Charities distribution of food at Northwestern High School, in Hyattsville, Md. The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country's food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid.

June 4, 2021, 5:24pm Nation & World

The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country's food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid. Read story

FILE - This June 29, 2017, remote camera image provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a female gray wolf and two of the three pups born in 2017 in the wilds of Lassen National Forest in northern California. Gray wolves, among the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act in 1973, were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. But in other regions of the U.S., gray wolves have dispersed naturally; the population in the lower 48 states now totals about 5,500. (U.S.

Biden admin targets Trump rollbacks of species protections

FILE - This June 29, 2017, remote camera image provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a female gray wolf and two of the three pups born in 2017 in the wilds of Lassen National Forest in northern California. Gray wolves, among the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act in 1973, were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in 1995. But in other regions of the U.S., gray wolves have dispersed naturally; the population in the lower 48 states now totals about 5,500. (U.S.

June 4, 2021, 11:29am Politics

The Biden administration said Friday it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, with a goal of strengthening a landmark law while addressing climate change. Read story

A light dusting of snow covers Yosemite Valley on Nov. 9 in Yosemite National Park, Calif.

Biden targets $2.8B for conservation, outdoor recreation

A light dusting of snow covers Yosemite Valley on Nov. 9 in Yosemite National Park, Calif.

June 3, 2021, 3:45pm Politics

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed funding for dozens of conservation and recreation projects across the country as it allocates $2.8 billion in grants and programs authorized by a landmark conservation law enacted last year. Read story