Sequim’s new park acquisition: The deal that almost wasn’t
By Pepper Fisher SEQUIM — As we reported last week, the citizens of Sequim have a new 16.5 acre future park space bordering the Olympic Discovery Trail and within walking distance of schools. It’s a land acquisition
Phoenix Police Department engaged in civil rights violations, DOJ finds
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — A damning new report from the Justice Department released Thursday has concluded that the Phoenix Police Department has engaged in a “pattern or practice of conduct” that “deprives people of their
Trump yet to clarify his abortion pill policy as SCOTUS rules on mifepristone
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Even as the U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a unanimous decision on Thursday, former President Donald Trump has yet to disclose his own abortion pill policy.
Russell Crowe gets “impish” tweaking Dakota Johnson's take on 'Madame Web' experience
Marilla Sicilia/Archivio Marilla Sicilia/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images To be fair, they both were in superhero films that got drubbed by fans — he, Thor: Love and Thunder, and she Madame Web — but Russell Crowe seems
Bill to protect IVF access fails in Senate as Democrats, GOP spar over the 2024 issue
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats on Thursday continued a series of election-year votes on reproductive rights with a bill that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, or IVF. The attempt to advance the legislation
What to know about mifepristone after Supreme Court strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected on Thursday a bid by a group of antiabortion doctors that would have potentially blocked widespread access to a common abortion pill. In the opinion, written
Rescued hostage's 1st contact was IDF soldiers dressed as Palestinian women, girlfriend says
ABC (NEW YORK) — As the secretive Israeli rescue operation began at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Gaza, hostage Andrey Kozlov first heard the gunfire and wondered whether he was in mortal danger, his girlfriend, Jennifer Master,
Makah granted waiver to again hunt whales
WASHINGTON DC — Federal officials announced Thursday that the Makah Tribe will regain the legal right to hunt gray whales off the coast of Washington. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) granted the tribe a waiver
Biden says the 'fight for reproductive freedom continues' despite SCOTUS mifepristone ruling
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden reminded voters that the fight for women’s reproductive freedom is not over despite the Supreme Court’s decision on regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone on Thursday, which preserved access
Prolonged ice-free periods putting Hudson Bay polar bear population at risk of extinction: Study
Getty Images – STOCK (CANADA) — A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as