Australia holds historic Indigenous rights referendum
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Australia is voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether it will permanently recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and set up a body to advise on policies impacting their communities. More
Video points to safety issues that led to deadly Iraq wedding blaze, expert says
Interior Ministry of Iraq (LONDON) — An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall flanked by pyrotechnics. Within an hour, over 200 of their closest friends and family suffered
Child drug poisonings and firearm deaths have skyrocketed in America: Study
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Firearm deaths and drug poisoning deaths in children have spiked in the last decade, according to a new study in the United States. The study found an increase in firearm deaths
Copernicus report: 2023 on track to become warmest year on record
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies
Sen. Feinstein's memorial no longer open to the public due to security concerns
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s memorial service taking place in San Francisco on Thursday will now be closed to the public, according to officials from the late senator’s office. “Due to increased security,
Saltwater creeping up Mississippi River may contaminate New Orleans' drinking water in weeks
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than a million people around New Orleans are now within weeks of saltwater polluting their water supply for the first time in 35 years as officials work around the clock to
No time to return a package? Let Uber do it
Uber (NEW YORK) — Uber announced Wednesday that it will now offer customers the option to request a courier to return packages for them. The new offering is launching ahead of the upcoming holiday season in 52
Scoreboard roundup — 10/4/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1 Minnesota 2, Toronto 0 NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Arizona 5, Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia 7, Miami
Port Angeles man held in Lewis County on molestation charges
CENTRALIA, Wash. – The Chronicle News in Centralia reports a Port Angeles man accused of inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl at a Halloween party in Centralia in 2022 and sexually assaulting the same girl in 2018 is
Here are tips for locals ahead of this weekend’s Crab Festival
By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The 22nd Annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival is this Friday through Sunday on the waterfront. The festival seems to get bigger and better every year, and next year they will