Huge state grants are about to change the peninsula “childcare desert”
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – Great news today for the struggling childcare situation on the Olympic Peninsula. The Washington State Department of Commerce on Wednesday announced over $2 million in Child Care Partnership Grants to 18
Port Angeles Dream Playground has burned down
By Amanda Bacon and Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The Dream Playground, located at Erickson Park on Race Street in Port Angeles, has burned to the ground. Sergeant Clay Rife from the Port Angele Police Dept. told
'Fat Leonard,' mastermind behind US Navy corruption scandal, arrested
U.S. Marshals Service via AP (NEW YORK) — Fugitive Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as “Fat Leonard,” the mastermind behind the worst corruption scheme in U.S. Navy history, was arrested and returned to the U.S. Wednesday as part
Boston Mayor Wu apologizes to 2 Black men wrongly accused in 1989 murder
Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images for Massachusetts Conference For Women (BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu publicly apologized to two Black men who were wrongfully accused in the 1989 murder of a pregnant white woman. Willie Bennett and Alan Swanson
DOJ alleges Houston developer swindled Hispanic borrowers with 'bait and switch' scheme
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday announced its first-ever predatory mortgage lending lawsuit against a Houston-based developer they accuse of swindling tens of thousands of Hispanic borrowers into buying flood-prone homes with
Federal judge says research can't be used to link acetaminophen to autism, ADHD
George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 440 lawsuits brought against the makers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen do not have “admissible evidence” to show that prenatal exposure to the medication can lead to autism or
US releases ally of Venezuela’s President Maduro in a swap for 10 jailed Americans
Gaby Oraa/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration completed a prisoner swap with Venezuela Wednesday, granting clemency to one of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s close allies in exchange for the freedom of 10 Americans who had been jailed
Xi told Biden at summit that China plans to reunify with Taiwan
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden directly at their recent summit that China will reunify with Taiwan, sources confirmed to ABC News. NBC News was the first to
Rite Aid banned from use of facial recognition in stores after thousands of false matches
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drugstore chain Rite Aid has accepted a ban of its use of facial recognition software for five years due to false accusations stemming from the technology that disproportionately affected people of color,
Chick-fil-A could soon open on Sundays in some locations
ivanastar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The famously “closed on Sundays” chicken sandwich fast-food chain could soon be required to fire up the fryers and serve hungry travelers in some locations. The New York State Assembly has put