Advocates launch hunger strikes, hold events throughout US to push for voting rights
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Un-PAC (WASHINGTON) — Advocates are taking action across the country as they hope to pressure members of Congress to pass voting rights legislation by Martin Luther King Jr. Day. One of the actions
Some states move to protect abortion rights in face of challenge at Supreme Court
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could potentially overturn Roe v. Wade, some states are enacting or discussing protections for reproductive rights. This week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
FAA to change how some planes land in effort to cut emissions
Aaron Foster/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an effort to cut emissions, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it’s changing the way some planes land at U.S. airports. Currently, most planes that land at airports descend in a stair-step
How sky-high inflation is evaporating Americans' savings, imposing 'cruelest tax' on the poor
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sneaky sting of inflation is catching many Americans by surprise as soaring prices erode their savings and prompt major sticker shock at the supermarket, gas pump and seemingly everywhere they
6 hospitalized, 1 in critical condition, after shooting at Oregon concert
kali9/Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore.) — Six people were transported to hospitals after a shooting at a concert hall in Eugene, Oregon, police said. At 9:29 p.m. Friday, there were reports of multiple shots fired outside WOW Hall,
A tsunami advisory has been issued for the US West Coast and Alaska
Tonga Geological Services (NEW YORK) — The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for the entire West Coast and Alaska in the wake of an undersea volcanic eruption near Tonga. Nearly all coastal areas in
Court decision is good news for Port Angeles net pen partnership
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES –The State Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday to uphold permits that would allow Cooke Aquaculture and the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to raise sterile (or triploid), female steelhead in net pens in Port
Man charged with animal cruelty after fatally shooting dog
DES MOINES, Wash. (AP) — A Des Moines man was charged with first-degree animal cruelty and reckless endangerment after shooting a dog twice in front of its 11-year-old owner. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says Curtis
Police arrest 14-year-old in fatal shooting
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they arrested a 14-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of a 54-year-old man in Renton, Washington. Officers were called out to the parking lot of a grocery store just before 5:45
Dog rescued from collapsed house 6 days after landslide
SEATTLE (AP) — A dog that was trapped inside a collapsed Seattle house for six days following a landslide has been rescued. The Seattle Fire Department said Thursday that firefighters responded to reports of the black Labrador