New laws and rulings could cause Election Day confusion
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY With more than 120 million Americans expected to cast ballots for president this fall, the nation’s voting process seems more convoluted than ever and rife with…
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Lead crisis in housing project was actually no surprise
By SARA BURNETT and JASON KEYSER When the mayor in this industrial town ordered the evacuation of a 40-year-old public-housing complex this summer because of severe lead contamination, many people…
Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away
By MARK SHERMAN Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just two executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year…
Police name adult victims in Oklahoma State homecoming crash
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Police have revealed the identities of the three adults killed and dozens more injured when a woman plowed her car into the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade…
Leonsis: team leaders need to stop hazing
CORRECTS SPELLING OF CAPITALS – Washington Wizards basketball and Washington Capitals hockey teams owner Ted Leonsis gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.…
Motum gone, Washington State looks to defense
By NICHOLAS K. Washington State’s Davonte Lacy, left, and head coach Ken Bone jokingly pose for a photographer during the Pac-12 NCAA college basketball media day on Thursday, Oct. 17,…
SNOWSTORM TAKES AIM AT PLAINS, MIDWEST
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH JC Hobbs directs his wife Sarah as they help to pull a van and U-Haul up a hill outside Calhan, Colo. as a storm continued to bring…