Wake Forest hires Washington State's Jake Dickert to follow Dave Clawson as football coach
Wake Forest has hired Washington State's Jake Dickert to become the Demon Deacons' next football coach.
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2 naval aviators died in a plane crash after returning from a tour in Yemen
Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans and Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman were both 31 and from California, and recently served nine months on a tour in Yemen.
High Court, in declining to weigh conversion therapy ban, allows law to stand
In doing so, the court left standing a lower court decision that upheld the state's ban on a therapy that the American Medical Association says "is not based on medical and scientific evidence."
America's farms are desperate for labor. Foreign workers bring relief and controversy
The number of H-2A visas for seasonal farmworkers issued each year has more than quadrupled over the past decade. The growth has alarmed labor advocates. Farmers don't love the program, either.
They put food on our tables but live in the shadows. This man is fighting to be seen
Jose Martinez has picked America's food for decades. With all that experience on different farms, he saw workers lacking labor protections. Now he works to give farmworkers more rights.
Multiple mass shootings across the U.S. leave at least 6 dead on holiday weekend
The shootings stretching from coast to coast follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic.
A woman is in custody after refusing tuberculosis treatment for more than a year
A judge in Tacoma, Wash., approved a civil warrant for the woman's arrest after 16 requests for intervention from local health officials. Police observed the woman board a bus and visiting a casino.
Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is charged with 1st-degree assault in a March shooting
Kemp said he was shot at first after he tracked down his stolen cell phone and confronted the person he presumed had it. Kemp was released from jail and not initially charged after the incident.
Washington state stockpiles thousands of abortion pills
Democratic state officials say they're ready to dispense thousands of mifepristone doses if access to the pill becomes difficult as a result of a pending federal lawsuit.
A player in Washington state wins the $747 million Powerball prize
Someone in Washington state overcame steep odds Monday night to win an estimated $747 million Powerball jackpot. Lottery officials said that a single ticket matched all six numbers.