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In Washington state, a hot spot for UFO sightings, people still want to believe
In Washington state, Bigfoot rules the forest. But the skies? That's for the little green men.
In 2007, Yakima resident Troy Hampton-Peterson was looking at the stars outside Moses Lake when he and a girlfriend noticed something strange.
"It looked kind of like a bat," Hampton-Peterson said, "and it moved across the sky, and we said 'That was ...Read more
Election and truth: Health misinformation in 2024
Getting your election news from social media? There's a chance it could be false.
Health myths — such as abortions occurring in the last stages of pregnancy, the government controlling the weather, and vaccines causing developmental disability — have spread during the current election cycle and gripped much of the nation.
While it's not ...Read more
Four test positive in Washington's first human bird flu infections
Washington state health officials are investigating after four agricultural workers tested presumptively positive for bird flu, marking the first presumed human cases in the state, the Washington State Department of Health announced Sunday.
The four worked with infected birds at an egg farm in Franklin County where 800,000 chickens were ...Read more
Two Navy aviators dead after last week's Growler crash near Mount Rainier
The two aviators who were missing after a Navy Growler crashed east of Mount Rainier last week have died, officials said Sunday.
The announcement comes five days after the EA-18G Growler crashed Tuesday afternoon near White Pass during a training flight. Authorities located the wreckage a day later.
No information was immediately provided ...Read more
Republicans voted at higher rate compared to Democrats
More Republicans than Democrats turned out to cast their ballots on Saturday, the first day of early voting in Nevada, according to statewide totals.
Those totals showed 52.8% of ballots were cast by registered Republicans, 28.1% by voters registered as Democrats and 19.2 percent by voters not registered to either party.
Republican voter ...Read more
'60 Minutes' denies Trump's accusation that Harris interview was deceptively edited
In a rare rebuke, the CBS news magazine "60 Minutes" denied charges by former President Trump that the program doctored an answer in Vice President Kamala Harris' recent interview to make her look better to viewers.
CBS ran an excerpt of the Democratic presidential candidate's interview on "Face the Nation" the day before it ran in a special ...Read more
Donald Trump meets a friendly crowd at Lancaster town hall amid busy campaigning day in Pennsylvania
One was a sheriff who's already endorsed Donald Trump. Another was a former ESPN broadcaster turned staunch Trump supporter. A third told the former president she loves him so much that she has his face tattooed on her leg.
They were among the questioners Trump faced Sunday during a friendly town hall event in Lancaster, where the president ...Read more
'We heard a click': Chaos on Sapelo Island as dock gangway collapsed
SAPELO ISLAND, Georgia — Marsha Armstrong and her fiance were standing on the gangway to the ferry on Sapelo Island when it collapsed.
“We heard a click and then we were down in the water,” said Armstrong.
Armstrong and her fiance were among the survivors sharing harrowing details of Saturday’s chaotic and tragic collapse of the ...Read more
Ukraine claims hit on defense plant in Russian heartland
Ukraine’s armed forces said it targeted a major Russian military production facility in Dzerzhinsk, about 560 miles away from the front lines.
The drone attack in the Nizhny Novgorod region was carried out by Ukraine’s security service, intelligence directorate and special operations forces, the Ukrainian General Staff said in a Facebook ...Read more
Harris and Trump camps fight for votes door by door in Pennsylvania
Sitting outside her house in North Philadelphia, Bettie Poplar embodies both the opportunity and the challenge facing Kamala Harris, who must resoundingly take this city to win Pennsylvania, and with it the presidency.
Poplar is Black and so plugged into the electoral process that she worked at a polling place in the last election – exactly ...Read more
Massive flooding in New Mexico kills at least 1 person, forces nearly 300 rescues
Unprecedented flooding in southeast New Mexico killed at least one person in Roswell and led to almost 300 rescues over the weekend, authorities said.
Roswell set a new rainfall record on Saturday, leaving underwater many parts of a city with a population of 48,000.
Even Chaves County Sheriff Mike Herrington was caught up in the flooding, ...Read more
Nearly $25 million spent on Colorado ballot measures -- led by backers of election overhaul, abortion amendment
Spending on the litany of measures on Coloradans’ ballots has surpassed $24.5 million, led by the campaigns to overhaul the state’s election system and to protect abortion access in the state constitution.
Campaign finance reports updated in the last week show total fundraising has reached more than $31 million, including nonmonetary ...Read more
Cuba struggles to restore grid, enters third day without electricity as hurricane nears
Cuba entered a third day without electricity after another outage Saturday evening set back efforts to restore power on the island, underscoring the challenges posed by decades-old, poorly maintained infrastructure.
Citing hurricane Oscar, which threatened the eastern end of the island Sunday, and the work in progress to restore the electrical ...Read more
Sapelo resident: Gangway had shown signs of weakness before collapse
SAPELO ISLAND ― J.R. Grovner felt some give as he crossed the gangway connecting the Marsh Landing pier to the floating dock where the ferry that provides access to his island home ties up.
He boarded the boat minutes later and says he relayed his concerns to the captain on duty, assuming his report would trigger an inspection and maintenance...Read more
Israel hones plans to attack Iran after attempt on Netanyahu
A day after a Hezbollah drone penetrated Israel’s air defenses and exploded next to the private home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he held a series of meetings with top security aides to discuss the next attack on Iran.
The planning for such an assault has been underway for three weeks since Iran fired some 200 ballistic missiles at ...Read more
What happens when a country goes too long without electricity? Death and devastation follow
As the collapse of Cuba’s electrical system entered its third day Sunday, the devastating and deadly consequences of prolonged power outages are coming into view.
Some hospitals are getting power. But the rest are running on generators, and available fuel is limited, raising questions about what will happen if patients are left, quite ...Read more
Drug dealer smashes phone at JFK Airport to keep it from FBI, faces up to 20 years
A convicted drug dealer faces up to 20 years in prison for smashing his cell phone at Kennedy Airport after FBI agents who seized it with a warrant handed it back to him so he could call his wife.
Julian Gonzalez, who beat a Manhattan federal drug dealing case in 2016 after a witness vanished, had his luck run out Friday when a federal jury in ...Read more
Are Russia and China behind Helene misinformation in Western North Carolina? 3 in Congress want answers
Three United States representatives from North Carolina requested a national intelligence briefing on the spread of online misinformation hindering efforts to support and rebuild parts of Western North Carolina washed away by Hurricane Helene.
“This information is dangerous to saving life and property right now, and we need to get to the ...Read more
Firing squad chamber priced at $1M as Idaho preps for next execution by lethal injection
The cost to maintain Idaho’s execution capabilities for prisoners sentenced to death, including upgrades to the area planned for a firing squad, has grown to nearly $1.3 million, according to the state’s prison system.
The Idaho Department of Correction issued notice last week of changes to its procedures for lethal injection. They included...Read more
'People are still dying on PCH': Malibu fights to make the iconic Pacific Coast Highway less dangerous
Just over a year ago, four Pepperdine University students were killed by a speeding car on a section of Pacific Coast Highway known to Malibu locals as "Dead Man's Curve."
The tragic deaths of Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams brought the number of fatalities on the 21-mile stretch of PCH to 61 in just the last 15 ...Read more
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