Washington’s Republican secretary of state, Kim Wyman, is resigning to take federal election security job
WASHINGTON — Kim Wyman, Washington’s Republican secretary of state who challenged former President Trump’s false claims of election fraud in 2020, announced today she will lead the Biden administration’s effort to protect future elections. Wyman has led
Police: Man uses empty school bus to ram vehicles in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities say a man who stole a 33,000-pound unoccupied school bus, rammed into other vehicles, then led Seattle Police on a pursuit has been arrested. Several minor were injuries were reported. Police said they
Siberia's permafrost melt is causing swamps, lakes, making land difficult to live on
iStock/malerapaso (YAKUTSK, Russia) — Thirty years ago, the road out from the village of Mai was flat. So were the fields around it, enough that local people used to play football on them. But today, the road
Sec. of State Kim Wyman quits state post for federal appointment
OLYMPIA — Washington’s Secretary of State has resigned. Republican Kim Wyman announced today she will accept an appointment in the Democratic Biden Administration. Wyman will serve as the Senior Election Security Lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Search underway for missing Clallam County man in ONP
PORT ANGELES – A search is underway for a missing 78-year-old man in Olympic National Park. Duane Miles from Beaver, Washington went missing in the Lake Quinault region. Park officials say Miles was reported missing late Saturday.
Parents brace for more limited Child Tax Credit in Democratic dealmaking
jxfzsy/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Brihanna Sims, a 27-year-old school bus driver and mother of a 7-year-old daughter, faces a financial pinch each summer when the number of routes are scaled back. In summer 2020, classes held virtually because
Queen Elizabeth makes first public appearance since overnight hospital stay
Vladislav Zolotov/iStock (LONDON) — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is back at work less than a week after an overnight hospital stay. The 95-year-old monarch was seen smiling on Tuesday as she held a virtual audience at Windsor
Family of five in hiding from Taliban pleads for help getting out of Afghanistan
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — “It’s like a living hell for us now,” Zahra, 20, told ABC News on a phone call while hiding out in western Afghanistan, in a country she hardly even knows.
Scoreboard roundup — 10/25/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 119, Indiana 109 Boston 140, Charlotte 129 (OT) Atlanta 122, Detroit 104 Brooklyn 104, Washington 90 Miami 107, Orlando 90 Chicago