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Spokane's mayor has asked a retired federal judge to investigate the city's handling of complaints made against former police Chief Frank Straub.

Spokane's Human Rights Commission has approved a resolution in support of settling refugees in the city regardless of national origin.

No need to get into a war of words with your fellow man on Sound Off today! We don't want any catfights today! We simply ask, what are you thankful for?

Speed cameras are up and running at two local elementary schools.

President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and urged the nation to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day.

Workers across Washington state, including right here in Spokane, are rallying for workers' rights.

Last year the Morris family took Christmas decorating to new heights with a stellar light show, Santa and a camel at their Hayden, Idaho home. Thousands came by to see it.  This year, the Hayden Estate Homeowners Association says, not so fast. 

 Two murals depicting the lynching of an American Indian in a former Idaho county courthouse are once again at the center of a disagreement over whether they should be displayed or covered up as offensive.

The secretary of state's office has predicted that just 46 percent of the state's four million voters would return their ballots.  Are you one of them? If you don't vote, tell us why.

Joe Kennedy, an assistant coach, had been leading prayers with his student athletes on the public school football field after games, something the district warned him against, saying it could be seen as violating the separation of church and state. He continued his displays of religion, though he started doing it silently and by himself.

China said today that it will abandon its controversial "one child policy" and allow all couples to have two children, effectively ending its population control rule.

The World Health Organization's cancer agency says that processed meats such as ham and sausage can lead to colon and other cancers, and red meat is probably cancer-causing as well.

 Stunning new research by AAA about the dangers of distracted driving. It concludes devices can impair concentration long after you stop using them.

With his wife and President Obama by his side today, the Biden said he and his family needed time to grieve the loss of his son, Beau. And Biden had been warning that the window for a presidential campaign might close.

A registered sex offender in San Diego has filed suit in federal court, challenging California's Operation Boo program.

Bremerton High School football coach Joe Kennedy was told last month that his tradition of leading a post-game prayer with his players is not allowed, and now the coach is asking the district to change that rule.

An Oregon 8th grader says he just wanted to show support for the troops, but instead ended up suspended.

A Florida judge sentenced a victim of domestic abuse to jail for three days for failing to show up at her abuser's trial.

The Benewah County Sheriff's Office has added the words "In God We Trust" to its patrol vehicles. The move isn't sitting well with some who are concerned the decals unlawfully endorse religion.

Three boys will spend up to five years on probation for their roles in a fire that destroyed the wooden grandstands at Eugene's historic Civic Stadium.

Overnight, Georgia executed a woman who had been on death row for almost two decades. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, was executed at 12:21 a.m. Wednesday, despite appeals filed by her lawyers.

Binge drinking happens with disturbing regularity on college campuses. Would lowering the drinking age solve the problem?

It's a game that practically everyone has played - but if you go to public school on Mercer Island, keep your hands to yourself. District parents were surprised by the decision. The signs outside one elementary school encourage kids to join league sports teams - but playing tag on the playground is no longer allowed during recess.