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Seattle Times
The Seattle Times Nation & World section highlights national and international content of interest to Seattle, including breaking news; crime; the U.S. military and the war on terror, including ISIS; oddities; consumer news; education; space exploration; and the economy. Also, national politics and the Election 2016 presidential campaign; and government news involving the president; Congress; the judiciary and U.S. Supreme Court.
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Ex-officer in ‘Fatal Vision’ murders appeals release denial
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A former Army doctor serving life in prison for the “Fatal Vision” slayings of his wife and two young daughters in 1970 is appealing a federal court ruling this month denying his requested release due to poor health. Court officials on Friday sent the appeal notice filed late Thursday by attorneys […]
Florida zoo welcomes 27.5 ounce baby klipspringer antelope
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — A baby klipspringer antelope is bonding with its mother before making a public debut at a Florida zoo. The calf was born April 15 to mother Deborah and father Ajabu at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. The calf weighed 27.5 ounces (.78 kilograms) at birth, zoo officials said in a news […]
Family questions why deputy shot unarmed Black man 10 times
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (AP) — The family of a Black man shot by a Virginia sheriff’s deputy this week says he’s in intensive care with 10 bullet wounds, and they have no idea why. Relatives of Isaiah Brown, 32, spoke with Washington TV station WRC about the shooting, which happened outside their home in Spotsylvania […]
Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Caitlyn Jenner said Friday she will run for governor of California, injecting a jolt of celebrity into an emerging campaign that threatens to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office. Jenner — an Olympic hero, reality TV personality and a transgender rights activist — said in statement posted on Twitter […]
FDA: N95 masks, now plentiful, should no longer be reused
The Biden administration has taken the first step toward ending an emergency exception that allowed hospitals to ration and reuse N95 medical masks, the first line of defense between frontline workers and the deadly coronavirus. Thousands of medical providers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic, many exposed and infected while caring for patients without adequate […]
DOJ weighs in on suit filed by trans woman in Georgia prison
ATLANTA (AP) — Prison officials must keep transgender people reasonably safe from substantial risk of harm and provide them with adequate medical care, the U.S. Justice Department said, wading into a lawsuit filed by a transgender woman against Georgia prison officials. Ashley Diamond sued in November, saying prison officials failed to protect her from repeated […]
New home sales surged 20.7% in March to 1.02 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes surged 20.7% in March to the highest level since 2006, rebounding from a sharp decline the previous month when severe winter storms wreaked havoc in many parts of the country. Sales climbed to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.02 million last month after a 16.2% tumble in […]
French prosecutors open terror probe in officer’s killing
PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation into the fatal stabbing of a police officer inside her police station. The assailant was shot and killed by officers nearby. The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said it has taken over the case, opening an investigation into murder of a person of public authority in […]
US health panel reviews J&J vaccine pause over rare clots
New guidance is expected late Friday after a government advisory panel deliberates a possible link between J&J’s COVID-19 shot and a small number of vaccine recipients who developed highly unusual blood clots.
Maryland public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland’s public higher education system will require that students, faculty and staff returning to campuses in the fall be vaccinated against COVID-19. University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay Perman announced the decision in a statement Friday. The system will allow appropriate exemptions for medical or religious reasons, the statement said. “If we […]
UK court overturns convictions of 39 post office leaders
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of 39 people who ran local post offices and were accused of theft, fraud and false accounting following the installation, more than 20 years ago, of what turned out to be a defective computer system in local branches. Announcing the court’s ruling on Friday, […]
Epic Games CEO saves old growth forests in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina’s Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven for wildlife. The Asheville-based nonprofit Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy announced the donation of 7,500 acres in the Roan Highlands by Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic Games, based […]
What are COVID vaccination passports and should they be used?
Friday FAQ: What are COVID vaccine passports and should they be used? For a vaccine-passport program to work, the federal government needs to support the idea and for there to be a common technological standard that is secure no matter where used.
Many homeless people in Seattle have yet to get even one stimulus check, and the clock is ticking
Congress has now passed several rounds of stimulus payments, which could be life-changing for homeless people. But filing for the checks is difficult for people without ready access to computers. And few homeless people are receiving theirs once filed.
Jill Biden to visit tribal school still teaching remotely
ST. MICHAELS, Ariz. (AP) — A small grade school on the outskirts of the Navajo Nation capital is ready for students to return. Staff at Hunters Point Boarding School in St. Michaels have repainted the building, upgraded the washer and dryer in the dorms, installed a security gate, placed plexiglass between beds and installed hand-washing […]
Putin foe Navalny to end prison hunger strike on 24th day
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday he is ending his hunger strike after getting medical attention and being warned by his doctors that continuing it would put his life at risk. In an Instagram post on the 24th day of his hunger strike, Navalny said he will continue to demand a […]
Afghan officials say 14 killed in a traffic accident
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A traffic accident in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province killed at least 14 civilians on the highway between Kandahar and the capital Kabul, Afghan officials said. The minivan full of workers returning home on Ramadan leave Thursday from southern Helmand province crashed with a truck in southern Zabul. The provincial governor spokesman […]
Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy’s Uffizi reopens
MILAN (AP) — Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the museum reopens May 4 after the most recent COVID shutdown. Workers doing restoration discovered the painted walls and ceilings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries beneath plaster in the museum’s west wing, which is where the new visitor entrance […]
How struggling households can get federal rental assistance
An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While relief efforts have staved off some of the housing crisis, rent is still going to come due. The federal government has approved two rounds of rental assistance, worth more than $46 billion total, that is slowly making its […]
‘Way of the dodo’: Campus bookstore’s end sparks firing feud
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Andre Brady loved his job as a sales manager at the Youngstown State University bookstore. Ordering retail books and study guides. Dealing with customers. Coordinating sales of spirit wear, supplies and textbooks. And watching it all pay off as the business ended each semester tidily in the black. His intimate knowledge […]