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Virtually every flashpoint in American politics right now involves the First Amendment right to free speech and free expression.

Before a crowd of cheering soldiers at an event that seemed more like an election rally than an address to the troops, Donald ...

Nationwide protests against President Donald Trump, tensions in the Middle East amid Israel's strikes on Iran and expected ...

Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has ...

Several local Girl Scouts were among 35 honored June 8 for achieving the highest award in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award. Local ...

Orlando Johnson, a former NBA player and Seaside native, has been named the general manager and assistant coach for Washington State University's men's basketball team.

Washington State men's basketball has hired Orlando Johnson as a new assistant coach and the program's first general manager.

The country has become a cauldron of anger and unease as it enters a weekend promised to be marked by protests and a military ...

Earlier this month, discussing an NBA Finals contested by two of the league’s smallest markets, Commissioner Adam Silver ...

A series of ministerial and official visits to North America and Brussels in March cost the Northern Ireland public purse ...

The Smithsonian has said it retains power over personnel decisions, but Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the National ...