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Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is to make his first public appearance in more than a year after an International Criminal Court judge said she expected him to attend a pretrial hearing.

Kent police were investigating a shooting Tuesday night that left one man dead.

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors await the Federal Reserve’s decision with high expectations of an interest rate hike.

For the first time since 2019, a year they started a rebuild that was supposed to lead them to the World Series, the Mariners will finish with a losing record for a 162-game season.

Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down.

Nearly 200 men who took part in the war in Ukraine are among the candidates for this week’s parliamentary election in Russia.

An audit report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Missing and Murdered Unit released this month reveals staffing challenges, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims' services.

A man convicted of killing three people is set to be executed Wednesday in Texas.

President Donald Trump plans to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley.

The United States has stationed weapons in Earth’s orbit, Air Force Secretary Troy E.

Small business owners in the United States and Canada say a trade war between their countries is hurting sales while they are also dealing with rising expenses from higher fuel costs.

Barely four months into the job, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is stuck between two strong but opposing forces: Financial markets that anticipate the central bank will raise interest rates, and President Donald Trump, who wants the Fed to cut them or…

A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won, or about $32.5 million, for blowing up a joint liaison office between the countries in 2020.

The administration has said its efforts have led to $200 billion in savings, a figure that outside experts have not independently confirmed.

A Georgia judge has halted an execution scheduled for Wednesday.

Officials say a helicopter crashed in Los Angeles and killed at least three people near a deadly bus crash.

Japan’s trade deficit totaled $7 billion last month, as surging oil prices sent the cost of imports soaring.

For a third time, the U.S.

Poll watching has become increasingly high stakes, and while many trainings are neutral, others are seeding distrust, priming people to expect bad behavior.

A tentative deal — struck the night before the first day of school — followed 30 bargaining sessions.

A hiker died in the Enchantments on Sunday, Sept. 13, following a sudden snowstorm.

The diesel fuel began leaking from a storage tank at a data center in New Jersey on Friday night, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said.

Alan 'Moose' Clausen, who was a member of the Mariners' front office for over 30 years and a fixture of Seattle baseball, died Monday.

A prominent animal rights group says it plans to meet with a top fashion trade executive who was filmed restraining two protesters at a New York runway show.

A 39-year-old Federal Way man has been charged with second-degree murder in the beating of a 69-year-old stranger in Westlake Park.

Melania Trump has been a champion of AI during her husband’s second term.

Federal authorities say the intelligence services of the Russian Federation are seeking to kill people in the U.S. and European countries supporting Ukraine.

The unusual public appearances by the country’s elder democratic socialist and a leading architect of the MAGA movement underscored the rising anxiety over AI.

The House Oversight Committee has voted to recommend holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.

Proposed federal changes to the Head Start program could mean skyrocketing costs for Washington families, and more than 750 workers could lose their jobs.

The man remains in King County Jail in lieu of $4 million bail, according to the King County prosecuting attorney’s office.

A federal judge has referred Philadelphia's district attorney to the U.S.

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.

The results of a simulation purport to show what happens when autonomous agents are confronted with black swan events, including phishing attacks and misinformation campaigns.

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon.

Ratings for the Emmy Awards have dropped nearly 10% from last year.

Photographer Chick Harrity, who documented the Vietnam War and eight sitting U.S. presidents for The Associated Press and U.S.

Seven noncitizens in Texas have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming U.S. citizenship, according to the U.S.

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths.

The Reign are on the road for their next two matches, and both are must-wins in terms of protecting their playoff position, starting with Angel City.

The newly released footage from the Pasco Police Department sheds new light on the incident involving the adult daughter of state Sen.

Dolly Parton’s megawatt smile and big wavy locks are gracing cornfields across the U.S. and in Canada this fall.

A hearing to determine whether a 17-year-old boy will be tried as an adult in the murders of his parents and three siblings began Tuesday.

It's the second time a train has hit an empty school bus in Rainier Valley, records show.

President Donald Trump's efforts to assert federal control over elections are marching on despite a recent loss in the Supreme Court.

American insurers can sue Korean car makers for payouts on thousands of stolen Kias and Hyundais, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday.

The upcoming sixth season, premiering Wednesday on Apple TV, dials up, dials in and doubles down on all of the show's best elements, writes our reviewer.

A Hood Canal oyster paradise and a new fine-dining spot on Whidbey Island have made a New York Times list of “our 50 favorite places in America right now.”