Nisqually Quake anniversary is a reminder to prep for the next “big one”
Bricks from buildings in Seattle’s Pioneer Square leave a car crushed after the Feb. 28th, 2001 Nisqually Earthquake (Images courtesy of KOMO 4 News) You can find complete advice on how to prepare for a big earthquake
Local health experts say yearly COVID shot is likely needed
Images courtesy of UW Medicine/Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Local health experts say a yearly COVID vaccine will probably be a good idea for the foreseeable future. The team at UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and
‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’ screenwriter sounds off on the movie’s critical drubbing
Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios(NOTE LANGUAGE) While Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania currently has a respectable 83% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie received a nearly record-low Critics Score for a Marvel movie, with 48%.
Its Emmy-w…
Senate Democrats could join Republicans in voting to reject DC’s new criminal code
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans, joined by some Democratic colleagues, may soon send legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk to rescind changes to Washington, D.C.’s criminal code that were opposed by the district’s mayor …
Supreme Court conservatives take skeptical view of Biden student debt forgiveness
Al Drago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of the legality of a White House plan to forgive $400 billion in federal student loans during the pandemic, even as the Biden administra…
East Palestine derailment: Timeline of key events in toxic train disaster
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images(EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed on Feb. 3 near East Palestine, Ohio, sending toxic chemicals into the air, soil and creeks in the area.
The incident has caused lingering conc…
McCarthy defends giving Fox host Tucker Carlson access to previously unreleased Jan. 6 security video
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday defended giving Fox host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to nearly 42,000 hours of previously unreleased surveillance video from the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S…
TikTok faces bans in US and other countries. Here’s why.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The backlash against China-owned TikTok in the U.S. and other Western countries escalated in recent days, as some U.S lawmakers pushed to give President Joe Biden the authority to impose a ban on the app for all …
FAA investigating close call involving JetBlue plane at Boston airport
Robert Smith/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images(BOSTON) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating another close call involving two jets at Boston Logan International Airport. The FAA said a Learjet took off from a runway without clearance …
Judge on Steve Bannon trial: ‘We can’t keep dragging this out’
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, appeared in court Tuesday with a new crop of lawyers who promptly decried the “explosion” of evidence disclosures from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Off…