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Fast-Track Trade Measure Clears Key Senate Hurdle

The 65-33 vote comes two days after senators rejected a measure to take up the bill giving President Obama fast-track trade authority.

Symphonie Dawson and her son, Andrew. A visiting nurse program helped Dawson finish school while she was pregnant.

Nurse Visits Help First-Time Moms, Cut Government Costs In Long Run

The Affordable Care Act has made available more assistance to new mothers so they can raise healthier kids. But critics say the standards for those programs are too lenient.

A helicopter flies over a section of Baltimore affected by riots. Richard Rothstein writes that recent unrest in Baltimore is the legacy of a century of federal, state and local policies designed to "quarantine Baltimore's black population in isolated slums."

Historian Says Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos

Richard Rothstein, who studies residential segregation in America, concludes: "Federal, state and local governments purposely created racial boundaries in these cities."

UPDATE: First Oil Rig Arrives in Seattle

SEATTLE (AP) — An oil rig outfitted for exploration in the remote Arctic Ocean parked in Seattle's harbor Thursday, marking a pivotal moment for an…

Ballard Jazz Walk On Jazz Northwest

The Ballard Jazz Festival began 13 years ago with the Ballard Jazz Walk and the Jazz Walk continues to be the most popular element of the festival which…

New England Patriots Clarify: 'Deflator' Refers To Weight Loss

The Patriots say staff members used the term "deflate" to talk about losing weight — not about breaking the NFL's rules on football inflation, as the league says.

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