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From the mid-'80s to the late '90s, the number of youths in detention nationwide skyrocketed, with average daily populations ballooning from 13,000 to 28,000 in about a decade. A new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds that number is finally decreasing.

In an interview at a Seattle coffee shop, Nickels shakes his head and calls claims he's difficult to work with "so much hogwash."

According to officials, in the past six years the expanse of Grant County has made it a "quasi-safe haven" for between 20 and 25 Latino gangs that identify as either Norteno or Sureno brands.

SEATTLE (AP) -- The Army is investigating an antiwar group's claim that a civilian Army employee infiltrated it, in violation of federal law barring the Army from conducting domestic law enforcement.

Myrlie Evers-Williams, former NAACP chairman and widow of a civil rights leader, will be named a National Freedom Award winner Thursday by the National Civil Rights Museum.

The Portland Trail Blazers have signed star guard Brandon Roy to a multi-year contract extension

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Allegiance Athletic Club javelin thrower, Kalaiza Mitchell, 10, took first place in turbo-jav at the Junior Olympics National Track and Field Championships in Greensboro, N.C. July 28-Aug. 2.  . . .