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Vancouver man seeks county position: Wil Fuentes will run for District 3 seat held by Bowerman

April 25, 2024, 6:09am Clark County News

Vancouver resident Wil Fuentes announced Tuesday he will run for the Clark County Council District 3 seat in the upcoming 2024 general election. The seat is currently held by Karen… Read story

Ridgefield school bond still failing to get supermajority in second round of election results

April 24, 2024, 3:07pm Clark County News

Wednesday’s second round of ballots counted in Tuesday’s special election yielded no change to the results of measures in Camas and Ridgefield. With just 200 ballots left to count across… Read story

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High-capacity rifle magazines are removed from display at Freddie Bear Sports on Jan. 11, 2023 in Tinley Park, Illinois, after legislation banning the sale of rifle magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and pistol magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds as well as several guns classified as assault weapons, in Illinois.

High-capacity gun magazines stay illegal in Washington, court commissioner rules

High-capacity rifle magazines are removed from display at Freddie Bear Sports on Jan. 11, 2023 in Tinley Park, Illinois, after legislation banning the sale of rifle magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and pistol magazines capable of holding more than 15 rounds as well as several guns classified as assault weapons, in Illinois.

April 25, 2024, 5:24pm Latest News

High-capacity magazines, those holding more than 10 bullets, will remain illegal to buy or sell in Washington, while the state appeals a lower-court ruling that found the ban unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court commissioner ruled Thursday. Read story

Nonprofits take a hit in ‘seismic shift’ in House earmark rules

April 25, 2024, 5:21pm Nation & World

House appropriators have made it more difficult for members to secure fiscal 2025 earmarks for some social services programs in their districts, according to new guidance Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., announced Thursday. Read story

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Former tabloid publisher testifies about scheme to shield his old friend Trump from damaging stories

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, April 25, 2024.(Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

April 25, 2024, 12:47pm Latest News

As Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend at the National Enquirer was scooping up potentially damaging stories about the candidate and paying out tens of thousands of dollars to keep them from the public eye. Read story

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, speaks to reporters after a vote on the proposed repeal of Arizona&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions prior to won approval from the state House Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

US abortion battle rages on with moves to repeal Arizona ban and a Supreme Court case

Arizona Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, D-Tucson, speaks to reporters after a vote on the proposed repeal of Arizona&rsquo;s near-total ban on abortions prior to won approval from the state House Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D.

April 25, 2024, 8:29am Nation & World

Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. Read story

Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

Khalil al-Hayya, a high-ranking Hamas official who has represented the Palestinian militant group in negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage exchange deal, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

April 25, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967… Read story

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the third Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC Hungary, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Hungary’s Orbán urges European conservatives, and Trump, toward election victories at CPAC event

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the third Hungarian edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC Hungary, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

April 25, 2024, 8:10am Nation & World

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, addressing a conservative conference in Budapest on Thursday, said upcoming European and U.S. elections were a chance for right-wing forces to defeat the “progressive world spirit,” and encouraged former U.S. President Donald Trump to defend “his own truth” in his ongoing criminal trial. Read story

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, shakes hands with Scott Walker, Consul General at the U.S Consulate General in Shanghai, as Blinken prepares to depart, Thursday, April 25, 2024, from the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, China, en route to Beijing.

Blinken raises Chinese trade practices in meetings with officials in the financial hub of Shanghai

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, shakes hands with Scott Walker, Consul General at the U.S Consulate General in Shanghai, as Blinken prepares to depart, Thursday, April 25, 2024, from the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, China, en route to Beijing.

April 25, 2024, 8:08am Nation & World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised what the U.S. describes as unfair Chinese trade practices during his first full day of meetings in China on Thursday with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai. Read story

Activist Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., right, joins other protesters outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court arguments begin over Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution

Activist Stephen Parlato of Boulder, Colo., right, joins other protesters outside the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to hear arguments over whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

April 25, 2024, 7:47am Latest News

Supreme Court arguments have begun over whether former President Donald Trump can avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Read story