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Idaho company recalls nearly 3,000 pounds of ground beef for E. coli risk

An Idaho-based company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
9 months ago

Justice Department releases limited set of files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation

Thousands of files released on Jeffrey Epstein's case, but key documents remain missing from the Justice Department's disclosure.
9 months ago

WA native Greg Biffle among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash

NASCAR driver and Washington native Greg Biffle was aboard a plane that crashed Thursday morning in North Carolina, a close friend of Biffle's wrote on Facebook.
9 months ago

Trump gives a partisan prime-time address insisting the economy is stronger than many voters feel

President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday, seeking to pin the blame for economic challenges on Democrats.
9 months ago

Rob Reiner’s son Nick set to appear in court on 2 counts of murder in killing of his parents

 Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents.
9 months ago

What to know about the attack on the Hannukah festival in Australia that killed 15 people

 A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular beach in Australia, shocking a country where gun violence is rare.
9 months ago

Son arrested after Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says

 Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were the two people found dead Sunday at a Los Angeles home owned by Reiner.
9 months ago

Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 8 on campus

A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus.
9 months ago

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies as costs are set to rise for millions of Americans

The Senate rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits Thursday, essentially confirming that millions of Americans will see a rise in costs.
9 months ago

Record flooding threatens Washington as more heavy rain pounds the Northwest

Residents began packing up and fleeing rising rivers in western Washington state Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into the region.
9 months ago

‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix’s acquisition deal.
10 months ago

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
10 months ago

Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, the legacy Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and “Friends,” to buy its studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
10 months ago

Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP from Democrat-led states if they don’t provide data

President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide information about those receiving the assistance.
10 months ago

Starbucks to pay about $35M to NYC workers to settle claims it violated labor law

Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday.
10 months ago

Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with ‘dark isolation’ as community raised concerns

The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years.
10 months ago

4 dead and 10 wounded in shooting at banquet hall in Stockton, California

Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, sheriff’s officials said Saturday.
10 months ago

Suspect who drove from WA and shot National Guard members faces murder charge; US halts all asylum decisions

Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died while investigators continued to seek a motive.
10 months ago

Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died.
10 months ago

Trump wants to ‘permanently pause’ migration to the US from poorer countries

President Donald Trump says he wants to “permanently pause migration” from poorer nations and is promising to seek to expel millions of immigrants.
10 months ago

What we do and don’t know about the shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC

The brazen daytime shooting of two National Guard members in the nation’s capital by a man authorities identified as an Afghan national has raised multiple questions.
10 months ago

Investigators say UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, killing 14, had cracks in engine mount

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago, killing 14 people in Kentucky.
10 months ago

Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Trump

Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill forcing the Justice Department to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
10 months ago

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Portland and Chicago are being sent home

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland are being sent home, and those who will remain will continue to stay off the streets, a defense official said Monday.
10 months ago