Federal mask mandate for travel extended another month amid policy review
Dmitry Marchenko / EyeEm (WASHINGTON) — Masks will continue to be required on planes, trains and buses for at least another month, the Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday. The agency said the federal mask mandate for transportation
Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail in hoax attack
Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been sentenced to 150 days in county jail on Thursday for fabricating a 2019 hate crime attack on himself. Smollett was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution to the city of
Russian forces move within 9 miles of Kyiv's city center: Pentagon Ukraine update
Glowimages/Getty Images Russian forces move within 9 miles of Kyiv’s city center: Pentagon Ukraine update Matt Seyler, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Thursday: Russians approaching
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz joins 'People's Convoy' truckers' protest
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz rolled up to the Capitol rotunda on Thursday in a honking semi-truck, the lead vehicle of a convoy that for the past five days has encircled the D.C.
Jury returns guilty verdict in White Swan mass killings
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A jury has found James Dean Cloud guilty of several counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and carjacking in a 2019 mass homicide that shook the Yakama Reservation. John Cagle, Michelle Starnes, Catherine Eneas,
Washington Legislature set to adjourn 60-day session
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington lawmakers are preparing to wrap up their work with final votes on a supplemental state budget and a transportation revenue package before they adjourn their 60-day legislative session. The $64.1 billion supplemental
Mother accused of abusing 6-year-old daughter for years
SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors have charged a woman with the assault and criminal mistreatment of a 6-year-old child, accusing the woman of beating, starving and possibly injecting her daughter with illicit drugs. The Seattle Times
Lakewood police officer not charged in shooting death of man
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A Lakewood police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop will not be criminally charged after prosecutors said Wednesday they deemed his use of force “justified and lawful.” Pierce
“It was spine-tingling!” Ewan McGregor on seeing Hayden Christensen again for 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series
ABC As part of its coverage of Disney+’s upcoming series Obi-Wan Kenobi, Entertainment Weekly released an extended interview with Ewan McGregor, who portrays the titular hero. McGregor explained that he’d first returned to the Star Wars universe a couple of years ago, and after
LOCAL SPORTS: PC Pirate women hoops clinch conference title, men earn postseason berth
Photos courtesy Jay Cline PORT ANGELES — Both Peninsula Pirate basketball teams got it done Wednesday night, with the Pirate women clinching a Northern Conference Championship in a hard- fought 67-61 win. The Pirate men were very