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Washingtongets defensive, holds on to beat No. 17 USC 17-12

Washington's Joshua Perkins, right, is tackled by Southern California safety Marvell Tell III during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Oct. >> view original

6 workers injured in explosion at dam inWashingtonstate

SEATTLE (AP) — An explosion at a hydroelectric dam on Washington's Columbia River Thursday injured six workers, but it did not compromise the dam's ... >> view original

China's glass walkway cracks, closes

October 8, 2015 2:48 PM EDT - The recently-opened, glass-bottomed bridge in Northern China, which is suspended 600 feet above ground has cracked and is ... >> view original

The Latest: Merkel's spokesman applauds prize for Tunisia

OSLO, Norway — The latest developments in the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. All times local. ___. 12:05 p.m.. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ... >> view original

GOP in tumult after McCarthy's withdrawal from speaker race

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. walks out of nomination vote meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, after dropping out of ... >> view original

Bernie Sanders to oppose Obama's nominee to lead the FDA

Sanders, who is mounting a surprisingly strong bid for the Democratic presidential nomination against Hillary Rodham Clinton, told The Washington Post that he ... >> view original

Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Prize in literature

Belarusan journalist Svetlana Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday for work that the Swedish Academy described as “a monument to ... >> view original

Carson suggests that gun rights might have changed history for...

In the most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, 45 percent of respondents held a favorable view of Carson, while 27 percent had an unfavorable view. >> view original

Ted Cruz says Donald Trump won't be Republican nominee

“And if that's the central question, the natural next question, that any voter will ask is okay, well who actually has stood up to Washington? Who has a record in ... >> view original

Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive...

In the past year, they prevailed on background check fights in Washington state and Oregon; laws to carry concealed weapons without a permit were enacted in ... >> view original