May 12, 2022, 8:10am Life
The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy, with astronomers calling it a “gentle giant” on a near-starvation diet. Read story
May 12, 2022, 8:03am Health
President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at a COVID-19 summit Thursday to reenergize a lagging international commitment to attacking the virus as he led the U.S. in marking the “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths in America. He ordered flags lowered to half-staff and warned against complacency around the… Read story
May 11, 2022, 4:54pm Nation & World
Congress left out of a Ukraine-focused supplemental spending bill a White House proposal to grant Afghan evacuees permanent protections in the U.S., leaving roughly 36,000 of them in legal limbo. Read story
May 11, 2022, 8:11am Nation & World
It was about three hours after sheriff’s officials in Alabama realized a capital murder suspect and a senior jail official who had taken him for a mental health evaluation had disappeared when Sheriff Rick Singleton called in the U.S. marshals. Read story
May 10, 2022, 2:51pm Politics
Taliban forces had taken the Afghan capital. Crowds of panicked people thronged the airport. And a young man who had worked as a subcontractor for the U.S. military faced a terrible choice. Read story
May 9, 2022, 11:12am Health
As more doctors prescribe Pfizer’s powerful COVID-19 pill, new questions are emerging about its performance, including why a small number of patients appear to relapse after taking the drug. Read story
May 9, 2022, 6:02am Politics
Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to step into her new role as the next White House press secretary within just a few weeks, the White House announced Thursday. Read story
May 6, 2022, 3:58pm Clark County News Free
The Washington State Patrol is investigating an April 29 shooting on northbound Interstate 205 near Salmon Creek after a video of the incident was posted online and bullet casings were found in the area. Read story
May 5, 2022, 7:47am Politics
Justice Samuel Alito mostly avoided the limelight for 16 years, even while being arguably the most conservative member of the U.S. Supreme Court. But that low profile is changing after he authored a draft opinion that would overturn the landmark abortion-rights ruling Roe v. Wade. Read story
May 3, 2022, 1:15pm Latest News
President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted a “radical” Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling that has stood for a half century. The court cautioned no final decision had been made, but Biden warned other privacy rights including same-sex marriage and… Read story
