Attorney General nets refunds for UW Sorority members
Photo courtesy of Pixabay user mohamed_hassan (OLYMPIA) Members of a University of Washington sorority will be refunded over $250,000 after a successful lawsuit filed by the state attorney general. Sorority members complained to Bob Ferguson’s office after
COVID forces reduced library hours again
Photo courtesy of Pixabay user Abhardphoto (SEATTLE) One of the largest library systems in the state has scaled-back its operating hours once again because of COVID. It happened before…pandemic rules and employee illness forced the Seattle Public
Brittney Griner says she’s guilty in Russian court and vape cartridges were in her luggage unintentionally
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images(MOSCOW) — WNBA star Brittney Griner said she “would like to plead guilty” Thursday morning on drug charges in a Russian court, saying that the vape cartridges containing hashish oil were in her luggage unintenti…
FDA allows pharmacists to issue prescriptions for COVID treatment
Photo courtesy of Pixabay user PIRO4D (OLYMPIA) Those testing positive for COVID-19 can now access a treatment without a visit to the doctor. For months, the drug known as Paxlovid has been used to help thousands of
Derek Chauvin to be sentenced on federal charges for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images(MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd.
He had previously pleaded not guilty to the charges but in Decemb…
Teen suspect in Buffalo mass shooting set to appear in state court
Scott Olson/Getty Images(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The white teenager charged with killing 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in what prosecutors described as a racially motivated mass shooting, is set to appear Thursday at a state court heari…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces resignation: ‘Them’s the breaks’
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, after dozens of ministers quit his cabinet and urged him to go.
In a statement delivered outside his office at no. 10 Downing Street in London, J…
Where to find the highest interest rates on your savings
From credit card balances to new auto loans, action by the Federal Reserve is making it more costly to borrow money. At the same time, interest rates on high-yield online savings accounts are going up…significantly. “We see
“Thanks, Dave!” Neighbors thank Chappelle for helping block controversial housing development
Netflix/Mathieu BittonDave Chappelle put his money where his very outspoken mouth is, and purchased a large plot of land near his home in Yellow Springs, Ohio — and his neighbors are thanking him for it.
Developers had planned to install housing on t…
In Brief: Paramount+ gets more ‘Evil’; ‘Pretty Little Liars’ sequel, and more
Paramount+ is scaring up a fourth season of its supernatural drama Evil. The series follows a forensic psychologist, played by Katja Herbers, who teams with a Catholic seminarian and a technology contractor — played respectively by Mike Colter and Aas…