Hero 9-11 firefighter foundation pays off home for fallen Everett Police officer family
(Everett Police Officer, Dan Rocha, who was killed in the line of duty March 2022. Images courtesy of KOMO News) The family of an Everett Police officer, killed on the job in March, no longer has to
Off-duty FBI agent appears to fatally shoot person at DC’s Metro Center station, police say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — An off-duty FBI agent appeared to fatally shoot a person at a metro station in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, police said.
Police responded to reports of multiple shots fired on the Red Line platform at th…
Cop testifies Pierce Co Sheriff said ‘no threat’ from black newspaper carrier
One of the first officers to respond to the Pierce County Sheriff’s call for help after a threat last year says Sheriff Ed Troyer later denied he’d been threatened. In Sheriff Troyer’s trial on charges of false
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans TikTok on state devices
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(AUSTIN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies on Wednesday to ban the use of social media platform TikTok on government-issued devices over concerns about how the China-owned app handles data on Amer…
Jan. 6 committee report will be released Dec. 21, Thompson says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel’s long-awaited report will be released on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Thompson said …
Sunny Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes’ former partner, sentenced in Theranos fraud case
Jason Marz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the former romantic partner of Elizabeth Holmes and president of disgraced blood testing company Theranos, was sentenced Wednesday to 155 months, or nearly 13 years, in prison.
The sentencin…
The New School part-time faculty will stop receiving pay from university as strike continues
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Part-time faculty on strike at The New School university in New York City will stop receiving wages and premiums for health care benefits on Wednesday, three weeks into its strike.
The workers a…
West Hollywood requiring all new businesses to have multi-stall gender-neutral bathrooms
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.) — The West Hollywood City Council unanimously approved a measure requiring all new construction or significant renovations to businesses to include only gender-neutral bathrooms.
All single-stall res…
China loosens COVID restrictions after protests rock the country
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images(BEIJING) — China loosened some key COVID-19 controls on Wednesday after residents began protesting against the strict measures in November.
Authorities did not acknowledge the unrest in their decision but the sudden ann…
Martin Short’s a real dummy with Steve Martin in promo for this weekend’s ‘SNL’
NBC/Rosalind O’ConnorWhen two Saturday Night Live legends are scheduled to host the show together, you’d be right to expect a funnier than usual promo. Such is the case, no pun intended, with Steve Martin and Martin Short’s upcoming return to Studio 8H…