Home sales plummet in past year, local prices start to drop
Home sales have fallen 19.3% compared to this time last year while a new report finds prices have started to drop in our area. The report from Redfin sees median home prices in the Seattle and Tacoma
Putin revives Soviet-era title of ‘Mothers Heroine’
Christophe Coat / EyeEm / Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russian President Vladimir Putin recently reinstated a Soviet-era award, giving women who have ten or more children a single payment of a million rubles (worth $16,747 USD, as of publishing).
The honor…
Wendy’s removes romaine lettuce used in sandwiches as CDC investigates E. coli outbreak in 4 states
Dwi Pradnyana/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Wendy’s is removing the romaine lettuce it uses in some of its sandwiches as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigates an E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens of people.
While a specific f…
Low-calorie sugar alternatives could negatively affect gut health, study finds
Bill Boch/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Low-calorie sugar alternatives, which had previously been thought to be relatively harmless, may actually have a negative effect on human gut health, according to a new study.
All four substances tested in the study…
Loved ones of Buffalo massacre victims speak out on systemic racism
William D. Hutchinson/ABC News(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Prompted by the racially motivated mass shooting in May that left 10 Black people dead and three other people injured, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a listening session in Buff…
Ford cutting 3,000 jobs in US, Canada, India as it leans into the electric vehicle market
Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images(DETROIT) — Ford plans to cut 3,000 jobs across the U.S., Canada and India, the automaker said in a letter to employees on Monday, describing the reductions as part of a “reshaping” to get more competitive i…
Monkeypox now reported in all 50 states
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Monkeypox has now been detected in all 50 states, health officials revealed.
Wyoming became the final state to report a case of the disease on Monday.
The Wyoming Department of Health announced the case in a…
US discourages Dennis Rodman from going to Russia to help Griner; he clarifies that he’s not going
Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) –The U.S. government on Monday strongly discouraged former NBA player Dennis Rodman from traveling to Russia to help secure the release of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner — a trip that Rodman himself se…
Tourist minibus plunges off cliff in Peru killing 4, injuring 16 others
Roman Delorme / EyeEm / Getty Images(LONDON) — A tourist bus fell off a cliff in Peru on Sunday night, killing four people and injuring 16, authorities said.
The bus was traveling in the Abra Málaga sector on the Cusco-Quillabamba road network when i…
Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy shot, killed while serving order
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A sheriff’s deputy has died after being shot while serving a lockout order at a home, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
One deputy was shot and a second deputy was hit while trying to get the fir…