The Latest Law & Courts Off-duty Alaska pilot who tried to cut flight's engines midair avoids federal prison A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday. Associated Press Health Care WA's new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Arts & Life 'What you see is really me,' says 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much. Tonya Mosley Politics Trump administration files emergency appeal to keep control of Oregon National Guard troops The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Sunday to immediately place a hold on a court ruling preventing the president from sending National Guard troops to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. Conrad Wilson/OPB California communities lose home insurance, as companies cancel plans So, they're doing what they can to reduce the risks of extreme wildfires, including making homes less likely to burn. KYUK is vital for villages in Western Alaska. Without federal funding, the station cuts staff A small public TV and radio station in Western Alaska is a vital information source for dozens of villages damaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong in October. Science Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. Nell Greenfieldboyce Latin America Ecuador rejects U.S. military bases in major defeat for President Noboa Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence. Carrie Kahn World Bangladesh's ousted prime minister sentenced to death for role in protest crackdown A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia. The Associated Press WILSOOOOOON! Seattle casts away incumbents There’s a new slate of politicians entering Seattle city government. Axios reporter Melissa Santos will tell us why things went so badly for the incumbents and what to watch with our new city leaders. Patricia Murphy Prev 640 of 1641 Next Sponsored
Law & Courts Off-duty Alaska pilot who tried to cut flight's engines midair avoids federal prison A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday. Associated Press
Health Care WA's new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump administration is looking to block such policies. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Arts & Life 'What you see is really me,' says 'Wicked' star Cynthia Erivo Erivo says she found parallels between her life and the experience of her Wicked character, Elphaba. Her new memoir is called Simply More: A Book for Anyone who Has Been Told They're Too Much. Tonya Mosley
Politics Trump administration files emergency appeal to keep control of Oregon National Guard troops The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court late Sunday to immediately place a hold on a court ruling preventing the president from sending National Guard troops to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland. Conrad Wilson/OPB
California communities lose home insurance, as companies cancel plans So, they're doing what they can to reduce the risks of extreme wildfires, including making homes less likely to burn.
KYUK is vital for villages in Western Alaska. Without federal funding, the station cuts staff A small public TV and radio station in Western Alaska is a vital information source for dozens of villages damaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong in October.
Science Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Latin America Ecuador rejects U.S. military bases in major defeat for President Noboa Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence. Carrie Kahn
World Bangladesh's ousted prime minister sentenced to death for role in protest crackdown A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia. The Associated Press
WILSOOOOOON! Seattle casts away incumbents There’s a new slate of politicians entering Seattle city government. Axios reporter Melissa Santos will tell us why things went so badly for the incumbents and what to watch with our new city leaders. Patricia Murphy