Governor pardons St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters
Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who were charged with waving guns
Help or 'get out of the way,' Biden says to governors on combatting pandemic
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The president took aim Tuesday at local officials, including the governors of Florida and Texas, over laws that prevented public health measures in the wake of surging COVID-19 cases. “I say to
Biden, under pressure, says CDC to announce new action to limit evictions
OlegAlbinksy/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Amid pressure from progressive Democrats who have called on the White House to extend the eviction moratorium, and as millions of Americans are at risk this week of being forces to leave their homes,
Wildfires in West prompt new evacuations as they spread through region
Eisenlohr/iStock (NEW YORK) — Evacuation orders have been issued in several regions in the West due to spreading wildfires. Thousands of residents in Northern California and Montana were ordered to flee their homes as both new and
Southern Resident orca near Washington state presumed dead
SEATTLE (AP) — Whale watchers in Washington state say an orca is presumed dead after being found in distress last week in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. SeattlePI.com reports the cause of death for the Southern
Union Gospel Mission seeks high court ruling on hiring case
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a case in which the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lawyer who sued the mission over its
Washington hospitals ‘quite full’ amid COVID-19 case surge
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington State Hospital Association officials say the latest COVID-19 surge in cases causing serious illness in the unvaccinated is straining the state’s health care system. KING-5 reports in a briefing Monday Hospital Association CEO
Community honors slain Washington detective
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of law enforcement and other vehicles lined up Tuesday at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, for a procession to honor Clark County Sheriff’s Detective Jeremy Brown, who was shot to death while
Garth Brooks cancels Seattle show over Covid concerns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Garth Brooks says he will be reassessing whether to continue future dates on his stadium tour in light of the rising number of COVID-19 cases across the country. Brooks said in
CBP encounters highest monthly number of migrants attempting to cross border since 2000
Rex_Wholster/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 200,000 individuals at the southern border in July, reaching a number not seen in two decades, according to preliminary figures reference by a senior Department of Homeland