LOCAL SPORTS: PC Pirates lose championship on last-second shot
Photo courtesy Jay Cline EVERETT — The Peninsula Pirates’ epic 2022 basketball season ended in heartbreak Sunday night, losing on a three-point buzzer beater in OT 76-75 to the Lower Columbia College Red Devils in the NWAC
Oscars ratings rise from last year's least-watched telecast
ABC News There’s good news and bad news when it comes to the ratings for Sunday night’s Oscars telecast. First, the good: the telecast saw a 56% jump in viewership from last year, according to Nielsen numbers
Muslim American speaks out on suing DHS, border officials over 'intrusive' religious questioning
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — Americans returning from trips overseas are often greeted by border officers with a “welcome home.” But Abdirahman Aden Kariye, a Muslim American imam living in Bloomington, Minnesota, says there have
Ready for 'Dune II'? Oscar winning cinematographer promises a “bigger and better” sequel
David Livingston/Getty Images While the Denis Villeneuve film Dune scored six Oscars Sunday night, he and the craftspeople behind it are already working on its sequel. Backstage at the Oscars Sunday night, with his newly-engraved Academy Award in hand, cinematographer Greig Fraser dropped
Mom of missing Arizona 12-year-old: 'I'm scared to death'
(SAFFORD, Ariz.) — As the search for a missing 12-year-old Arizona girl entered its second week, the child’s mother spoke out, saying, “I’m scared to death.” Betty Taylor was reported missing by her family eight days ago
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior West Wing aide during the Trump administration, is expected to appear voluntarily before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6
Texas governor declares state of disaster as wildfire burns over 1,000 acres
Nitat Termmee/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — As wildfires continue to blaze through central Texas, one particular fire named Das Goat Fire has prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to declare a state of disaster, saying these wildfires pose an
Florida governor signs controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill into law
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics. The bill bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation
Simone Biles, Kamala Harris among 'USA Today''s Women of the Year
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images USA Today announced its 2022 Women of the Year on Monday, and the list includes Vice President Kamala Harris and Olympic Gold medalist, Simone Biles. In recognizing the 64 honorees who “are strong and resilient women who have
Judge finds Trump 'more likely than not' committed felony obstruction in effort to overturn election
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has found that former President Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed felony obstruction in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The judge said Trump’s former lawyer