Mount Vernon News

Wash. — A man who killed six people, including a sheriff's deputy, in a northwest Washington shooting rampage last year pleaded guilty Tuesday and will spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital or prison. Isaac Zamora entered...

In return for the long-awaited key to the city, handed over to conservative news pundit Glenn Beck on Saturday, Beck bestowed the key to his own house to Mayor Bud Norris. “You’re going to need a place to stay,” Beck...

A City Council usually devoted to such matters as zoning disputes, sewer fees and fire protection found itself dealing Wednesday night with the Glenn Beck factor. About 100 people packed the meeting room to either support or object to Mayor...

Ill. — More than two years after the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Marion recorded at least nine deaths attributed to substandard care, lingering problems have been noted in a follow-up inspection conducted by the Office of Inspector General...During the...

Kriedeman said the department is distributing the vaccine with the intent of targeting the first supplies to children ages 5 to 9. However, the type of vaccine — a nasal spray containing live virus or an inoculation containing inactive virus...

Senators in opposing political parties have asked Republican presidential candidate John McCain to stop automated telephone attacks on Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, made separate appeals...