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OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD, JERALEAN TALLEY, PASSES AWAY AT 116
What was her secret to longevity? Treat others the way you would like to be treated, she said. She also credited her faith.
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Reed v. Town of Gilbert
Pastor Clyde Reed filed suit against the Town of Gilbert for placing restrictions on his church's temporary signs based solely on their content. While the town's sign code generously permits an array of political, ideological, and other types of temporary signs, it severely restricts the size, location, duration, and number of signs like Pastor Reed's inviting people to a church service. ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman argued to the Supreme Court that restricting signs based on their content is discrimination and violates free speech protections granted by the First Amendment. The Court ruled in favor of Pastor Reed in a landmark decision, finding that the town's sign code is indeed content discrimination. While the town tried to justify its actions on the basis of aesthetics and safety, this argument failed because they restricted signs like Pastor Reed's but not others.
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Take Down the Confederate Flag—Now
The flag that Dylann Roof embraced, which many South Carolinians embrace, endorses the violence he committed.
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The flag that Dylann Roof embraced, which many South Carolinians embrace, endorses the violence he committed.
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Carson on Obama's SC Shooting Remarks: 'The Heart of the Matter Is Not Guns'
"Now is the time for mourning and for healing," Obama said. "But let’s be clear: at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries." Megyn Kelly asked Carson if he thinks Obama's tone was appropriate. "Certainly not the tone that I would have adopted," Carson stated. "I think we have to start going to the heart of the matter. The heart of the matter is not guns. The heart of the matter is the heart, the heart and soul of people."
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Washington Arms Expo: We Won’t Comply With Unconstitutional Background Check Law
Washington Arms Expo: We Won’t Comply With Unconstitutional Background Check Law
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145 acre brush fire near Cheney 50 percent contained
Council boots Rachel Dolezal off Police Ombudsman Comm.
The Spokane City Council voted 6 to 0 Thursday during a special City Council meeting to remove Rachel Dolezal from the Police Ombudsman Commission due to misconduct which was originally reported in a whistle-blower complaint. The council voted 5 to 1 to give Adrian Dominguez one week to respond the allegations of misconduct. Dominguez is traveling and asked for time to review the misconduct findings. City leaders then accepted the resignation of Kevin Berkompas.
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People close to victims ID 6 of 9 slain in downtown Charleston church shooting
People close to victims ID 6 of 9 slain in downtown Charleston church shooting
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Suspect in custody in killing of 9 people in black church
The police chief in Charleston says the white man suspected of killing nine people inside a historic black church has been captured in North Carolina. Chief Greg Mullen says 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof was arrested Thursday during a traffic stop in Shelby, North Carolina. He says Roof was cooperative with the officer who stopped him. Local police in Shelby made the arrest. Mullen says Roof was in the car when arrested.
Charleston victims include library manager, pastor, great grandmother and recent college grad
Shooting at black church kills nine
A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. The shooter was still at large. The shooting took place at the Emanuel AME Church, Police Chief Greg Mullen said. He said there were survivors, but did not say how many, or how many were inside at the time of the shooting. Wednesday is a traditional night for services and activities in churches across South Carolina. Mullen would not confirm whether the pastor, state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, was one of the victims.
Shoplifting suspect dies after he is detained by grocery store employee
A shoplifting suspect died Wednesday night in Coeur d’Alene after he was detained and held on the ground by a loss prevention officer from a nearby grocery store, police said. The 35-year-old man was pronounced dead at 11:13 p.m. at Kootenai Health. The Coeur d’Alene Police Department has not released his name, pending notification of next of kin.
DNA from ‘Kennewick Man’ skeleton shows ties to Native Americans
An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years ago in a river in Washington is related to Native Americans, says a DNA study that could help resolve a long-running dispute over its ancestry and custody. The skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, is about 8,500 years old. The new work argues against earlier suggestions that it wasn’t connected to modern native peoples, the researchers said.
With 100-foot flames surrounding home, fleeing residents were sure it was ‘gone’
There was no time to take photos off the walls or pack any family mementos. With flames rushing toward them, Davy Caven and his son-in-law, Chuck Kelley, grabbed their dogs and miniature goats, put them in their cars and made a run for it. So sure the home was about to be devoured by flames, he called his wife and told her it was gone. In the chaos of the fast-moving Fish Lake fire on Wednesday near the unincorporated town of Marshall, fire officials managing the scene thought it was gone, too. They reported that the home had been destroyed. But behind the flames, firefighters hadn’t given up.
Fish Lake Fire half contained
The Fish Lake Fire near Cheney is considered 50 percent contained today as firefighters worked overnight to dig a fire line around it. The fire did not grow overnight and remains at 145 acres, The fire started near railroad tracks near Fish Lake and moved northwest. The fire largely burned between Cheney-Spokane Road and Scribner Road. Several homes in the area were threatened.
Fish Lake fire threatens homes
A fast-moving wildfire near Fish Lake County Park east of Cheney threatened several homes Wednesday afternoon. The three-alarm fire started about 2:30 p.m. near railroad tracks, said Chief Bruce Holloway of Spokane County Fire District 3. It grew quickly and moved northward but had slowed by about 6 p.m. The Fish Lake fire quickly grew to 145 acres but was held there by a determined effort of firefighters, who had assistance from tanker aircraft and helicopters dropping water and fire retardant. Crews from nearly every fire district and department in the county responded, along with the DNR, a tanker truck from Fairchild AFB and a special firefighting train from BNSF.
Wildfire destroys shed, outbuilding on West Plains
A small brush fire swept through the 2400 block of North Chris Lane north of Fairchild Air Force Base Thursday afternoon, destroying a large outbuilding and small shed. The fire was held to five acres and was 100 percent contained within a couple hours.
Dolezal ousted from ombudsman commission
Embattled civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal lost another local leadership role Thursday. Spokane City Council members removed her from the fledgling Police Ombudsman Commission following an internal investigation into misconduct that targeted three commissioners. One of the other volunteer commissioners investigated, Kevin Berkompas, submitted his resignation, while the third, Adrian Dominguez, will be given a chance to respond to the investigative findings next week before the council decides whether to remove him.
Three members of police oversight panel, including Rachel Dolezal, asked to resign
Spokane’s independent police oversight panel is in turmoil. Three of its five members, including former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal, likely will be removed by the City Council if they don’t immediately resign following an investigation that found multiple instances of misconduct including records tampering, disclosure of sensitive information, demeaning treatment of city employees and attempted overstepping of their authority. Mayor David Condon also called it a setback and asked the City Council to begin formal procedures to remove Dolezal and fellow commissioners Adrian Dominguez and Kevin Berkompas.
Nation’s birthrate rises for first time in seven years
The nation’s birthrate rose 1 percent last year as parents in the U.S. welcomed nearly 4 million babies into the world, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That increase may not sound like much, but it’s the first time the birthrate has gone up in seven years. The bump in births was courtesy of women in their 30s and 40s, the CDC data show. The birthrate jumped 3 percent for women between the ages of 30 and 39 and 2 percent for women ages 40 to 44.
Brian Williams, the popular NBC News anchor who became embroiled in controversy over false statements he made about his reporting, will no longer be the anchor of the network’s evening newscast and will be assigned to handling breaking news on cable network MSNBC, people familiar with the plan said Wednesday night. Lester Holt, the veteran anchor who has fronted numerous programs on NBC and MSNBC since 2000, takes over the reins of “NBC Nightly News” after serving as Williams’ fill-in since the anchor was suspended in early February.
Senator probes retailers on pills
A high-ranking Senate Democrat is probing retailers and online companies about sales of dubious dietary supplements, especially those promising seniors protection from memory loss, dementia and other age-related problems. The pills, tablets and formulas targeted by Senator Claire McCaskill bear names like “Brain Awake,” “Dementia Drops” and “Food for the Brain,” which claims to ease “forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease.”
$10 bill to get new face in 2020
One lucky lady – yet to be chosen – will become the first woman in more than a century to join an esteemed coterie of dead presidents and statesmen featured on American paper currency, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said. The new note will be issued in 2020 during the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Hamilton will remain part of the note even after the inclusion of the female figure. The Treasury will either design two separate bills or have Hamilton and the woman share the same bill.
A woman charged with helping two convicted murderers escape from a maximum-security facility where she worked had discussed having them kill her husband, a district attorney confirmed Wednesday. Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said at a news conference that Joyce Mitchell had talked to inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat about killing her husband, Lyle, who also works at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, near the Canadian border. Sweat and Matt escaped from the 170-year-old prison on June 6 and remain on the lam. Joyce Mitchell, a prison tailoring shop instructor who befriended the inmates, was arrested June 12.
Troop training for Iraqis finds too few recruits
A U.S.-led military training program in Iraq has turned out only 7,000 Iraqi soldiers since last year, far short of the 24,000 that the Pentagon envisioned training by this fall, senior U.S. officials acknowledged Wednesday, the latest sign of trouble in the campaign against Islamic State.
Trump now seeking new campaign song
Donald Trump has decided to find another campaign song. A press secretary for the real estate mogul said Wednesday that Trump would respect the wishes of Neil Young and no longer use “Rockin’ In the Free World,” which Trump featured Tuesday during his announcement that he was seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
First lady brought gifts to royal tea
Michelle Obama didn’t show up empty-handed when she met Prince Harry for tea at Kensington Palace in London during an official visit to Britain. The U.S. first lady brought gifts for 23-month-old Prince George and 6-week-old Princess Charlotte, the children of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.
In brief: Balcony collapse that killed six students blamed on rotted beams
The balcony collapse that killed six college students appears to have been caused by rotted wooden beams, Berkeley’s mayor said Wednesday as the victims’ heartbroken loved ones began arriving in the U.S. from Ireland.
Near miss on Chicago runway spurs probe
Two passenger jets began to take off at the same time on intersecting runways at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, prompting a controller to shout over the radio for one of the pilots to halt to avoid a collision, aviation officials said Wednesday.
Group says IRS cuts hinder enforcement
Budget cuts to the IRS are hampering the agency’s efforts to uncover tax cheats, an agency watchdog said Wednesday, and more trims are on the way under legislation approved by a GOP-controlled House panel.
Tiger from zoo shot after fatal mauling
Tbilisi, Georgia – A rare white tiger that escaped from the Tbilisi zoo during recent floods viciously mauled two men, killing one, local media reported Wednesday. The tiger was found and shot dead, the InterpressNews site reported, citing the Interior Ministry. The animal reportedly attacked the men as they approached it hiding in a warehouse.
State preparing for military base downsizing
State officials are preparing to blunt the effects of losing as many as 11,000 Army jobs – along with the experience and economic benefits that come with them – from a possible reduction at Washington’s largest military base.
Claims of child assault, kidnapping under investigation
Spokane police are investigating claims that a 19-year-old homeless man sexually abused a 5-year-old girl, whose parents allegedly retaliated by tying him up in their basement and holding him at knifepoint.
In brief: Puppies abandoned in Post Falls park
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person who abandoned eight puppies in a cardboard box in Corbin Park near Post Falls on Monday.
17th-floor fire blamed on ‘smoking materials’
Fire investigators believe “smoking materials” are to blame for Tuesday’s blaze in a high-rise building in downtown Spokane. More than 60 firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire at the Park Tower Apartments, 217 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
City gets $936,000 to fight homelessness
The city of Spokane will get $936,000 to help prevent homelessness. The Spokane City Council accepted the terms of a state Department of Commerce grant on Monday that will be used for rent assistance.
Would-be pot retailer enters plea
The latest round of an ongoing feud between a marijuana retailer and the city of Clarkston has shifted to misdemeanor territory. Kelly Jackson, who owns Canna4Life, pleaded innocent to an alleged business license violation Tuesday in Asotin County District Court. He is accused of selling pot – without the city’s permission – to an undercover police officer on the morning of May 29, the day the marijuana store opened. The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Gas drilling lease delay a ‘nightmare,’ judge says
A federal judge is pressing U.S. officials to explain why it’s taken three decades to decide on a proposal to drill for natural gas just outside Glacier National Park in an area considered sacred by some Indian tribes.
In brief: Three injired in Route 25 crash
Three people were injured Tuesday evening in Stevens County when one driver failed to yield for another, the Washington State Patrol said. The driver of one of the vehicles, Raul Olmos, 49, of Colville, likely will be charged with vehicular assault. Olmos was headed west on a dirt road around 5:30 p.m. in a Toyota Tercel when he turned onto state Route 25, colliding with a northbound Honda CRV driven by Rhonda Yankus of Marcus, Washington. Olmos and his passenger, Stephen Mullins, 55, of Colville, were taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital. Yankus, 50, was also injured, but was not taken to the hospital.
Lawsuit takes issue with mine decision
Three environmental groups are suing the U.S. government over a proposed copper and silver mine in northwestern Montana. Save Our Cabinets, Earthworks and Defenders of Wildlife say the Montanore project near Libby would harm threatened bull trout and grizzly bears.
S-R staff win journalism awards
The Spokesman-Review captured eight awards in the 2014 Northwest Excellence in Journalism contest sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. Winners were announced Saturday.
Suspect in car says drugs weren’t real
A man arrested for driving with a suspended license told a Spokane County sheriff’s deputy a bag of white crystals was “fake meth.” Thomas Kammers, 42, is being held in the Spokane County Jail on a $5,000 bond after he was pulled over Monday afternoon near Stevens Street and Houston Avenue after a deputy “observed a 1992 Honda traveling on a completely flat tire” with license plates that expired in September 2014. The deputy stopped the car and arrested Kammers, who had the plastic bag on him. Not believing the fake-meth story, the deputy field-tested the crystals for methamphetamine. They tested positive.
Drones doing fire surveys in Idaho
Scientists have deployed drones over western Idaho to map a little-known landscape as part of an effort to reduce wildfire risks and protect sage grouse and other wildlife across the West. They say they have to learn more about what grows in the region so that when charred areas are restored, land managers don’t plant a type of sagebrush that sage grouse won’t eat.
Clark County experiencing whooping cough outbreak
Local health officials have recorded 211 cases of whooping cough through June 11. During that same time period last year, only 16 people were diagnosed with the illness. Clark County’s year-to-date numbers have also surpassed those of 2012, when more than 5,000 people were sickened statewide. In Clark County, 207 people were diagnosed with whooping cough from Jan. 1 to June 11, 2012.
Air group backpedals on carry-on size rule
You probably won’t need to buy a smaller carry-on suitcase after all. The international airline association that set off a furor by proposing smaller maximum dimensions for carry-ons backpedaled on Wednesday, saying it would pause the rollout of its new initiative to advocate smaller bags and begin a “comprehensive reassessment in light of concerns expressed, primarily in North America.”
Rate hike looks likely
The Federal Reserve took note Wednesday of a strengthening U.S. economy and appears on track to raise interest rates this year for the first time in nearly a decade. But Chairwoman Janet Yellen declined to say just when or how fast the Fed would act.
AT&T hit with huge fine over data speed
AT&T Mobility LLC has been slapped with a record $100 million fine for offering consumers “unlimited” data, but then slowing their Internet speeds after they reached a certain amount. The company said it will fight the charges.
Auto quality improves in 2015, study finds
The quality of cars and trucks made by European, Korean and U.S. companies has improved so much in recent years that Japanese automakers, long the industry standard, are having trouble keeping pace.
Briefcase: Fitbit prices IPO at $20 per share
Fitness-tracking device maker Fitbit on Wednesday priced its initial public offering of stock at $20 per share, slightly more than anticipated. The pricing marks the final step before Fitbit’s stock begins trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FIT.” The San Francisco company will debut with a market value of about $4 billion.
Starbucks to close La Boulange cafes
Three years after acquiring the highly touted Bay Area bakery chain, Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it will close all 23 La Boulange cafes by the end of September. La Boulange food will still be served at Starbucks stores in San Francisco, across the U.S. and in Canada.
Foster Farms suspends 5 after video of cruelty
Poultry producer Foster Farms suspended five employees Wednesday after an animal-rights group released undercover video showing live birds being slammed upside-down into shackles, punched and plucked.
Withholding change may mean tax-free 2017
The government wants to shift to a system of automatic withholding, similar to that in the United States and much of the rest of the world. Employees in France currently pay taxes a year after their income is earned. Christian Eckert, France’s budget secretary, said Wednesday that the government will not double-tax workers in 2018, the year automatic withholding is to begin. So 2017 incomes could effectively be tax-free for regular salaries. Taxpayers won’t actually feel much of a difference though – they would still spend 2017 paying for the previous year.
GOP plans for court overturn of Obamacare
Congressional Republicans will move to continue health care subsidies temporarily for millions of people if the Supreme Court overturns the aid, according to plans discussed Wednesday in the House and Senate. In addition, the GOP proposals would dissolve many of the basic requirements of President Barack Obama’s health care law, including mandates that most people buy coverage and most companies provide it to their workers, Republicans said.
Doug Clark: Rachel Dolezal mess taints Police Ombudsman Commission
Editorial: It’s time for urgency on state budget
Dana Milbank: In Donald Trump’s world, greed is good
Ask Dr. K: Therapy first step in OCD treatment
Fortunate Fogerty
After nibbling on a few finger sandwiches at teatime, John Fogerty now feels energized to talk about his upcoming memoir and summer concert tour. Aptly called “1969,” the 41-city tour represents that prolific year for Creedence Clearwater Revival: They released three albums — and Fogerty wrote one of the most profound protests songs of all time. “Fortunate Son” took a harsh look at America’s inequities during the military draft for the Vietnam War.
Tour Deshais: Water, water everywhere, and only 8 liters to drink
When my day begins, I load my bike with eight liters of water in four different vessels. That’s almost 18 pounds. More than one cyclist I’ve met along the way has pointed out that I may be carrying too much water, that maybe one of my three-liter water sacks is enough, that maybe a water filter would be wiser. A cycling woman I met in Newhalem scoffed not just at my water-hoarding tendencies but also at the size of my load: two full panniers, tent, sleeping bag, inflatable mattress, ...
Planning experts to analyze Lincoln Heights retail area
A panel of experts from Seattle is providing suggestions today on how to improve the Lincoln Heights shopping area through better land use.
Pat Munts: Grafted vegetables full of possibilities
Randy Mann: El Nino likely to hang around through fall, winter
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Sympathy, calls for more gun control after church slayings
The fatal shooting of eight worshippers and a pastor at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Wednesday provoked strong reactions from political, church and civil rights leaders and was held up by gun control advocates as another example of lax laws leading to tragedy.
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Obama on Charleston: It’s too easy to get guns in America
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