The Brisbane 2032 organizing committee has held its first board meeting more than 10 years before the Australian east coast city is due to host the Olympics.

Max Comtois and Sonny Milano scored in a span of less than a minute in the second period and the Anaheim Ducks beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2.

Southern California’s gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring about 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state.

If the $44 billion deal between Elon Musk and Twitter falls apart, either side may have to pay the other $1 billion, according to a securities filing Tuesday.

David Peralta hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and also started one of Arizona’s five double plays as the Diamondbacks put on a defensive clinic to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3.

Mikal Bridges scored 31 points, Chris Paul added 22 points and 11 assists and the top-seeded Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 112-97 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference first-round series.

Carlos Rodón had nine strikeouts in six sharp innings, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 8-2 on Tuesday night.

The Canucks took control early and went on for a 5-2 victory to sweep all four games in 2021-22 between the Northwest teams.

Mike Trout homered and drove in three runs, and Patrick Sandoval pitched seven innings of two-hit ball as the surging Los Angeles Angels defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 for their third straight victory.

Valeri Nichushkin scored one of Colorado’s three goals in the second period and the Avalanche held on late to match the franchise record for points in a season with a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues.

The Huskies are seven strokes ahead of Arizona State. Noah Woolsey is in second, one shot off the lead.

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison.

Travis Boyd scored the go-ahead goal, which stood after a long review, and the last-place Arizona Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 to slow their pursuit of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Republicans hoping to emerge from crowded primaries this year have spent tens of thousands of dollars hiring operatives with ties to former President Donald Trump.

The U.S. defense chief urged Ukraine’s allies to “move at the speed of war” to get more and heavier weapons to Kyiv.

Brash, outspoken and sometimes juvenile, Elon Musk has long been a prolific user of Twitter, the social media platform he now hopes to buy.

World leaders and a bevy of Washington's political and foreign policy elite are preparing to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright.

The older you are, the less you fret about aging in place.

The fertile mind of Justice Stephen Breyer has conjured a stream of hypothetical questions through the years that have, in the words of a colleague, “befuddled” lawyers and justices alike.

The family of Andrea Churna, a Redmond mother killed by police in 2020, has settled their claim against the City of Redmond for $7.5 million.

Turkey has lifted one of its last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the wearing of masks in crowded indoor locations.

Roger Federer intends to return to tournament tennis after what will have been more than a year away from the tour by playing at the Swiss Indoors in October.

An independent monitor of Britain’s use of surveillance cameras has asked for the government to clarify its positions on buying equipment from a Chinese company accused of involvement in “appalling human rights abuses.”.

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The winner of last weekend parliamentary vote in Slovenia says he hopes to have a new government formed by mid-June.

20 cities including Seattle saw double-digit year-over-year price increases, and in the Puget Sound area, prices were up 4.4% from January to February.

U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has parted ways with coach Torben Beltz six months after hiring him.

Among the sites of the former Soviet Union’s “frozen conflicts,” a long and narrow strip of land in Moldova has been the most stable for three decades.

Doesn't it make sense to build a 10-by-20-foot shed for the equivalent of what you’d spend on two years of rent for a storage unit?

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is indicating his willingness to mend badly strained ties with South Korea, saying relations between the two U.S. allies are crucial when the rules-based international order is threatened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

An Alabama fast-food worker who allegedly threw hot grease on a customer during a dispute over service in the drive-thru line is facing an assault charge.

About 60% of U.S. adults who have held student loan debt have put off important financial decisions due to that debt, according to a new survey. For Gen Z and millennials, that number rises to 70%.

Poetry magazine, one of the country’s oldest and most prominent literary publications, will for the first time have a Black editor.

Two years of a pandemic have lowered our patience for uncomfortable clothing — inside and home and out.

RAVE to the veterinary clinic that cared for my small dog when I couldn’t find a vet anywhere, including my own, that had the time for him. The folks in White Center were so kind and helpful and offered concerned care for my little buddy. He is fine now and we are very thankful. RANT […]

Movies are back. Not that they ever went anywhere. Here are seven our writer is looking forward to.

Since coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider arrived in 2010, the Seahawks haven't drafted a cornerback earlier than the third round. But with intriguing options likely available in the first round, could that change this year?

From the Seattle Black Film Festival to the North Bend Film Festival, here are four you should see.

A Florida sheriff said homeowners are welcome to shoot at would-be robbers in his county and that, "We'd prefer that you do actually."

Reagan Carey is the Premier Hockey Federation's next commissioner.

A United Nations team has landed in China ahead of a long-delayed visit by the U.N. human rights chief to Xinjiang.

The Pentagon relies on American defense contractors to scour Eastern European munitions factories to find newly made weapons designed by the Soviet Union.

European health officials say they have not found a link between cases of a mysterious liver disease outbreak in children. Some 190 cases have been recorded.

Ukrainian officials were reporting more civilian deaths in various parts of eastern and southern Ukraine as Russian forces stepped up attacks on Tuesday.

Valencia in eastern Spain has been selected as the fourth host city for the group stage of this year’s Davis Cup Finals.

The Spanish government is set to pass a decree aimed at strengthening transparency in the country’s royal household, which has been hit by scandals in recent years.

A lawmaker says a gunman has killed two children and a staff member at a kindergarten in Russia.

The Singapore Court of Appeal has dismissed a last-minute legal challenge filed by the mother of a mentally disabled Malaysian man in an attempt to halt his execution for drug trafficking.

With enough time and the right tools, online clothing resale can become a profitable side gig or even a full-time job.

Pakistani officials say an explosion ripped through a van inside a university campus in southern Pakistan, killing three Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver.