Photos show North Korea closer to building submarine that can launch missiles
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(WASHINGTON) — New satellite imagery seems to confirm North Korea’s recent claim that it has built a new submarine capable of launching ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear warheads. According to analysis by a Washington think
US, Taliban closing in on agreement as top US envoy heads to Afghanistan
Golden_Brown/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Taliban remained engaged in talks in Qatar on Wednesday, even as chief U.S. negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad prepared to head to Kabul, Afghanistan, to brief the Afghan government on a nearly finalized agreement.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of the presidential race
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced she was exiting the presidential race on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of an expected revelation that she would not qualify for the third round of debates. “It’s important to know
ONP rescue crews have had a busy year. Urge safety going into Labor Day
Olympic National Park has had 66 Search and Rescues (SARs) this year, with multiple incidents over the last two weeks. This has prompted park officials this week to release the following reminder: With a busy Labor Day
Local nursing home listed among nation’s worst
A new listing of the nation’s worst-rated nursing homes includes 19 in Washington state, all with federal quality ratings of just one-star out of a possible five. One of those, Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation, is in Port Angeles. Crestwood
Federal grant awarded to tackle state’s maternal mortality issues
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington was awarded $375,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat maternal mortality. The grant was authorized under legislation from Southwest Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler. Twenty-four
Taylor Swift thought it was “hilarious” that John Travolta mistook her for drag queen lookalike
ABC/Randy Holmes(NEW YORK) — In a moment that’s now gone viral, John Travolta almost presented the MTV VMA for Video of the Year to a Taylor Swift drag queen, instead of the real Taylor — but she
'I did as well as I could for as long as I could': Trump's former defense secretary
Ivan Cholakov/iStock(WASHINGTON) — James Mattis offered a deeply personal look inside his decision to serve and later resign as defense secretary and warned against the current state of American politics. Mattis, a retired Marine Corps four-star general,
At least 9 deaths at VA medical center in West Virginia under investigation
jetcityimage/iStock(CLARKSBURG, W.V.) — A U.S. senator from West Virginia is vowing to get answers amid reports that at least nine deaths are being investigated as suspicious at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West
State fair visitors will encounter broad new safety measures in response to mass shootings in US
For the first time, the entrance to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup will look a lot like a TSA checkpoint with metal detectors. Fair officials said the increased security measures are partly a result of recent