Man sentenced to 17 years for sex trafficking young teens
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who took two girls from Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver, Washington, supplied them with drugs, forced them to have sex and collected payments for it was sentenced to nearly 17 years in
Murder hornets given new common name by entomologists
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The invasive hornet that has been referred to as the Asian giant hornet or murder hornet has a new name. Washington state Department of Agriculture officials said Monday that the Entomological Society of
Seattle Audubon Society dropping ‘Audubon’ from name
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle chapter of the Audubon Society says it is dropping “Audubon” from its name because the man the organization is named after was a slave owner and opposed abolition. KNKX reports that Seattle
US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration wants the government to plant more than a billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands as officials struggle to counter climate change’s increasing toll on the
2 dead after all-night shooting rampage in Vancouver, Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say a gunman who roamed for hours through a sleeping Vancouver suburb shot four people, two of them fatally, as he opened fire at a casino, a center for the
Mushroom grower announces first Port Angeles Fungi Festival
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The City of Port Angeles will be hosting the first-ever Port Angeles Fungi Festival this October, celebrating mushrooms of the Pacific northwest. The man behind the event is David Rogers, who
Mega Millions jackpot reaches $810M, 3rd highest in game's history
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $810 million ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, making it the third largest jackpot in the game’s history. Tuesday night’s historic
Indiana Senate hears public testimony on proposed abortion law, protestors gather
ilbusca/Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) — The Indiana Senate heard public testimony on a proposed abortion bill Monday, with passionate pleas from both anti-abortion rights and abortion-rights advocates. Monday’s testimony comes prior to the legislature’s vote on Senate
Trial for NYC subway shooting suspect Frank James tentatively set for 2023
John Lamparski/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Accused New York City subway shooter Frank James will tentatively stand trial early next year for allegedly opening fire on a Manhattan-bound N train in Brooklyn in April. A federal
The country has a major microchip problem — and the Senate has a $52 billion solution
Tim Graham/Getty Images Allison Pecorin, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Senate is aiming this week to bolster the public’s ability to buy an affordable car, microwave or a smartphone as lawmakers push forward legislation to incentivize production