What to know about severance pay amid high-profile layoffs
Anchalee Phanmaha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Continued recession fears and a cascade of tech industry layoffs have drawn renewed attention to severance packages, the compensation offered to some departing employees. Severance packages, which range widely in size
Two arrested in drug emphasis patrol
PORT ANGELES – Two people were arrested this week in a drug emphasis operation in Port Angeles. Tuesday, 32-year-old Amanda Dorame and 29-year-old Ali J. Smith, both of Port Angeles, were taken in for possession of fentanyl
Record number of deaths in US from cardiovascular disease early in pandemic: Report shows
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New data from the American Heart Association highlights the major impact COVID-19 had on cardiovascular health and death rates during the first year of the pandemic. At least 928,741 Americans died
Man shot dead after dog steps on hunting rifle's trigger
avid_creative/Getty Images (WELLINGTON, Kan.) — A dog has shot and killed a 30-year-old man in the front seat of a car after it stepped on a hunting rifle lying in the back seat, Kansas authorities said. The
60 stolen guns missing after 13 people arrested for string of firearm burglaries
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal and local law enforcement in Pennsylvania said they are struggling to locate the bulk of firearms stolen in a recent string of burglaries of licensed firearm dealers. Of the 93
Democrats launch dads caucus to focus on family issues, push for paid leave
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four House Democrats launched the Congressional Dads Caucus on Thursday, joining together around a legislative agenda that includes expanding parental leave, the child tax credit and other family-first
Suspect in NYC truck attack that killed 8 found guilty in terror trial
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov, an Uzbek native who drove a rented truck down a Manhattan bike path adjacent to the Hudson River in an ISIS-inspired terror attack that killed eight people, was
Sleepy RNC chair race turns into contentious 3-way contest over party's future
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — Republican National Committee members will elect a new chair at a ritzy hotel in Dana Point on Friday, closing out an unusually contentious race that could have outsized
'Sara's Law': Sex trafficking survivor pushes to change justice system's treatment of child victims
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Child sex trafficking victims implicated for crimes against their abusers are speaking out amid an ongoing push for laws that change how such cases are treated in the criminal justice system.
Doug Emhoff departs for European trip focused on Holocaust remembrance, combating antisemitism
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff departed Thursday for Poland and Germany on a six-day trip that is aimed at Holocaust education and remembrance as well as combating antisemitism worldwide,