90 state employees file suit against Governor’s mandate
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state troopers, prison officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Gov. Inslee’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The lawsuit filed by more than 90 workers
Psychiatric patient found after stealing delivery truck
STEILACOOM, Wash. (AP) — A Western State Hospital patient stole a delivery truck and drove off the grounds of the state’s largest psychiatric hospital Sunday, injuring a hospital staffer before being found at a school library. A
Second Giant hornet nest eradicated, third one found
BLAINE, Wash. (AP) — Officials say they’ve eradicated a second nest of Asian giant hornets found in northwestern Washington state this year and are preparing to take down a third. The State Department of Agriculture says that
Suspect in auto theft shot by Portland police
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say a man who stole a pickup truck and drove at high speeds through the metro area and briefly into Washington state early Sunday was shot by officers after getting trapped
Putin watches huge display of firepower during Zapad war games
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images MULINO FIRING RANGE, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin watched a huge display of firepower put on by his military Monday when he attended the finale of what is believed to be the largest
Mississippi abortion clinic warns Supreme Court against overturning Roe v. Wade
Bill Chizek/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The lone abortion clinic in Mississippi is warning the U.S. Supreme Court that any move to undermine a half-century of legal precedent affirming abortion rights would diminish the court’s credibility and lead to a national “upheaval”
Price increases expected on these grocery products through end of year
Prostock studio/iStock (NEW YORK) — With the cost of meat and other grocery products in the U.S. steadily increasing since the onset of the pandemic, grocery retailers and the Biden administration have weighed in on the increases, which
Justice Amy Coney Barrett picking up 'mores' of Supreme Court, Breyer says
rena shield/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Amy Coney Barrett found common ground Monday over shared concern that the nation’s highest court is increasingly viewed in ideological terms. Barrett, in one of her first public speeches as a justice, told
Biden to survey California fire damage as he urges action on climate change
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Monday was making his first visit to the West Coast as president, with plans to survey wildfire damage and push for action on combatting climate change. Biden planned
Chinese government cracking down on K-pop fandom
metamorworks/iStock SEOUL — Fourteen content providers in China including Tencent and Weibo are promising a “healthy” cyberspace environment as Chinese authorities expand control over the entertainment industry. The China Association of Performing Arts, an organization affiliated with