Pentagon aims to cut 50,000 to 60,000 civilians
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is attempting to reduce the size of its civilian workforce by between 50,000 to 60,000 employees through voluntary workforce reductions, though it remains unclear if it will be able
Public comment period to open for Makah whale hunts
Olympia – NOAA Fisheries is seeking public submissions on the Makah Tribe’s permit application for a limited hunt for gray whales for ceremonial and subsistence purposes. The Makah Tribe voluntarily gave up tribal hunting in 1928 because
BPA to hold public meeting hosted by Clallam PUD
Sequim – The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will be holding a meeting with area stakeholders and Clallam County PUD to discuss transmission, particularly outages in the West End, and what they’re doing about it. The meeting is
Government releases thousands of declassified records related to JFK assassination
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Archives on Tuesday released thousands of pages of declassified records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan.
Man seen with missing Pittsburgh student 'ready to go home and go back to my life'
ABC News (PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic) — Joshua Riibe, the Minnesota college student who was with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki the night she went missing on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, said
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil calls himself a 'political prisoner' in new letter
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil called himself a “political prisoner” in a new letter dictated from the Louisiana detention center where he remains held following his arrest on Columbia University’s campus. “I
New York woman pleads guilty to mailing drug-soaked documents to prisons
J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Albany woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to mailing drug-soaked documents to inmates in correctional facilities in New York, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities said Maya McIntosh, 33, sold the
FBI arrests alleged MS-13 leader with help of Mexican government
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The FBI extradited an alleged senior leader of the MS-13 gang who was on the agency’s “10 most wanted” list with the help of the Mexican government, FBI Director Kash Patel said
13-year-old boy arrested for murder in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist: Police
Getty/Andrew Brookes (ALBUQUERQUE) — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested for murder after police said he and two other juveniles intentionally ran down a bicyclist in New Mexico last year in a fatal hit-and-run that was filmed
Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away
Michael Orso/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of the world’s most powerful telescopes. Research published in October