Scoreboard roundup — 10/26/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here’s the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION LA Lakers 100, Phoenix 95 Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 117 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Tampa Bay 6, San Jose 0 Winnipeg 4, Detroit 1 Pittsburgh
Before Maine mass shooting, Senate approved amendment that would scale back veteran background checks for guns
Inverse Couple Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hours before a suspect, a U.S. Army reservist with mental health concerns, fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine Wednesday, the Senate approved an amendment that would scale back background check
State Department struggles to explain why American citizens still can’t exit Gaza
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Abood Okal, a 36-year-old American father trapped in Gaza, received word from U.S. State Department officials informing him the Rafah crossing into Egypt would likely open on Oct. 21 for
Blinken, Sullivan meet with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Washington amid tensions
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, on Thursday, the first day of his three-day visit to Washington. Wang
Chinese fighter jet nearly collides with American B-52 bomber over South China Sea: US officials
yorkfoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Chinese fighter pilot nearly crashed into an American B-52 bomber over the South China Sea during a nighttime intercept on Tuesday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The Chinese pilot “demonstrated poor airmanship”
LOCAL SPORTS: Sequim takes on Bremerton Thursday in football finale
By Oly Archibald BREMERTON — In high school football action tonight, the Sequim Wolves have an important game at Bremerton in a game that could have major playoff ramifications. The Port Angeles Roughriders will be cheering on
Getting flu and COVID shot together still reasonable amid safety review of potential stroke risk: Experts
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Older adults who received last year’s COVID booster and a high-dose version of the flu vaccine in the same visit may have a potential increased risk of stroke, according to
Dueling Russia and US resolutions on Israel-Hamas war fail to advance in UN
View Press/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dueling resolutions on the Israel-Hamas war put forth to the U.N. Security Council by Russia and the U.S. both failed on Wednesday, illustrating the chamber’s deadlock on the conflict.
Rep. Bowman charged with pulling fire alarm ahead of House spending bill vote
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman will plead guilty after being charged with falsely pulling the fire alarm at a congressional office building before the House of Representatives voted on a stopgap
US economy expected to have grown at blistering pace in third quarter
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. economy is expected to have grown at a blistering pace over the three months ending in September, fueling optimism about the nation’s outlook but complicating the fight to dial