Biden administration to send free COVID tests to schools nationwide this winter
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In another effort to get Americans to test for COVID-19 this winter, the Biden administration announced it would begin distributing tests for free to all school districts nationwide. Schools will be
LOCAL SPORTS: PA bowlers get huge win; Roughrider boys hoops opens tonight
By Oly Archibald SILVERDALE — The Roughrider bowling team earned their biggest win in the program’s history, beating defending Olympic league champion and state power Klahowya 5-2. Kendric Ring bowled a personal best of 141 as did
Super PAC backing Nikki Haley seeks to swing independent voters in bid to beat Donald Trump
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of self-styled political independents filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission this week to launch a new Super PAC aimed at swinging independent voters to support former U.N. ambassador
US military aircraft crashes off Japan's coast, officials say
CT757fan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying six service members crashed off the Japanese coast at about 3 p.m. Wednesday, local officials said. At least one service member who had been on board
Rosalynn Carter to be laid to rest at family home after private funeral
CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Rosalynn Carter, who transformed the role of first lady as a trusted political partner to former President Jimmy Carter and carved out her own humanitarian legacy, will be laid to
Number of suicides in the US in 2022 reaches record level: CDC
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of suicides in the United States has hit a record high, new provisional federal data shows. In 2022, an estimated 49,449 people died by suicide, which is 3% higher than
US life expectancy rose in 2022 due to fewer deaths linked to COVID-19: CDC
National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (NEW YORK) — After two consecutive years of declines, life expectancy in the United States increased between 2021 and 2022, new provisional federal data shows. Life expectancy, defined
Cannabis use does not reduce long-term heroin use, study finds
Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — People with heroin dependency don’t use less of that drug if they start also using cannabis, according to a new study. The findings cast some doubt on the idea
What to know about the Tesla Cybertruck ahead of its delivery event
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since Tesla unveiled a prototype of its Cybertruck four years ago, the electric pickup truck has remained in the realm of preorders and earnings-call updates — until this
National Park Service is changing the annual pass policy
PORT ANGELES – Apparently, there’s been some cheating among those who purchase and use annual passes to get into the national park and other public lands, and park officials are adopting a new policy to deal with it.