AP PHOTOS: How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war
An escalating trade war with the U.S. is now crippling an entire industry that hand-harvests geoducks, leaving Washington state divers without work, Seattle exporters without business and Chinese aficionados with fewer of these prized clams. This is
How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war
SUQUAMISH, Wash. (AP) — For over two decades, Suquamish tribal member Joshua George has dived into the emerald waters of the Salish Sea looking for an unusually phallic clam that’s coveted thousands of miles away. George is
Released Palestinian student to meet with Vermont governor and lawmakers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship is helping to launch an initiative to help other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont on Thursday, a week after a federal
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s transit and homelessness grant conditions
SEATTLE (AP) — The Trump administration is temporarily blocked from imposing new conditions on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mass transit grants for the Seattle area or homelessness services grants for Boston, New York, San
What happened with the 5 police officers accused of crimes in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Three of five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers were acquitted by a jury Wednesday on all state charges including second-degree murder in the January 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. The other two
Sen. John Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting with union officials, AP sources say
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved. Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning
FBI director says bureau needs more funding than what Trump administration budget proposal calls for
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel broke with the Trump administration Wednesday over a budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau, telling lawmakers, “We need more than what has been proposed.” The 2026
Things to know about the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The acquittal Wednesday of three former Memphis police officers of state charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols is the latest development in a case that has prompted calls for police reforms
Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family
HAVANA (AP) — Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to video call her family and
Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president
BUFFALO (AP) — Amid attacks on federal judges who have slowed President Donald Trump’s agenda, Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended judicial independence as necessary to “check the excesses of the Congress or the executive.” “Judicial
