A horse arena at Oso in Snohomish County turns into an English tournament festival from the Middle Ages when a group called the Seattle Knights goes jousting at the Rhodes River Ranch.

To celebrate the start of the summer season, Disney theme parks — including Disneyland and California Adventure — will stay open 24 hours on the night of May 24

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova says he will remain at the Nou Camp next season despite his health problems.

Americans shrugged off higher taxes to lift the U.S. economy at the start of the year. Government spending fell, though, and the impact of the tax increases along with federal budget cuts could slow growth later this year.

A once-secret bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia's communist leadership from nuclear war has temporarily reopened as an art gallery, with some exhibits pondering what would have happened if more mushroom clouds had hit the world's skies.

TACOMA (AP) — A Tacoma judge has repeated his order to police to return a small amount of marijuana seized in a traffic stop. Tacoma Municipal Court Judge Jack Emery said Thursday police could be found in contempt unless they comply with his order within seven days. The News Tribune reports th

A woman was critically injured in a mobile-home fire in Maple Valley early today. Fire department spokesman Captain Kyle Ohashi said the woman’s home in the 18000 block of 196 Avenue Southeast sustained heavy damage in the 3:40 a.m. fire.  Her husband wa

Marijuana legalization could be going back to the ballot in Colorado.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. is closer to making a huge expansion into Australia with a possible deal for a grain handler there called GrainCorp.

The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was added to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack, government officials said Thursday.

The US House approves measures to ease travel delays prompted by unpaid leave for air traffic controllers as a result of budget cuts.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The city's Reading Terminal Market is celebrating long-lost foods that were formerly Philly staples, from teaberry ice cream to fried oysters with chicken salad.

NEW YORK (AP) — An American citizen of Moroccan descent who was charged in a police sting with plotting to blow up New York synagogues will spend five years in prison.

Top-seeded Maria Sharapova got through another tough test in outlasting Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix.

President Obama on Friday assailed conservatives who have sought to restrict access to abortion and contraception and promised women’s activists he would stand with them “fighting every step of the way.”    

Bangladeshi rescue workers say a large group of people has been found alive inside a garment factory on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of high school students pitched in Friday to place 100,000 sandbags around Fargo and help protect homes against Red River flooding.

EVANS CITY, Pa. (AP) — A freight train struck a rural transit bus carrying senior citizens and people with developmental disabilities Friday morning, injuring 10 passengers and the driver, authorities said. At least two of the injuries were serious.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A judge in Carson City has scheduled a July court hearing for the four people charged with killing Nevada's chief insurance examiner and dumping his body in a river.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. wants a long prison sentence next week for a former employee and her husband who were convicted of stealing hybrid vehicle technology for potential use by competitors in China.