Local math tutor charged with rape of an underage student he taught
A private tutor — hired by Seattle Public Schools to teach math at a local middle school — has been charged with sexually ...
Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 86
Peter Yarrow, one-third of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 86. Yarrow died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, The New York Times reported ...
Brenton Wood, ‘Gimme Little Sign,’ ‘Oogum Boogum Song’ artist, dead at 83
Soul singer Brenton Wood, who hit the Billboard charts in 1967 with “ Gimme Little Sign ” and “ The Oogum Boogum Song, ” died Jan. 3. He was 83. Manny Gallegos, Wood’s manager, confirmed the singer’s ...
Votes are in: Meet Poppy, the newly named pygmy hippo at Metro Richmond Zoo
MOSLEY, Va. — The votes have been tabulated, and the baby pygmy hippo at the Metro Richmond Zoo has been named. “Poppy” was the winner in voting from more than 116,000 ballots, the zoo said in a news ...
Jimmy Carter’s state funeral: Former president’s casket departs for Washington
A winter storm that impacted Washington, D.C., on Monday has forced some changes in Tuesday’s schedule for the state funeral ...
Washout blocks access to popular Olympic National Park campground, trails
The National Parks Service says Upper Hoh Road isn’t safe for travel and won’t reopen it until that can be fixed.
Andrew Pyper, novelist who wrote best-selling thrillers, dead at 56
Andrew Pyper, whose thrillers included “Lost Girls” and “The Demonologist,” died Jan. 3 of cancer, his family confirmed. He ...
30 years after discovery of remains, DNA could identify all of a serial killer’s victims
Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected Indiana serial killer’s ...
2 bodies are found in the landing gear of JetBlue plane at Florida airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — (AP) — Two bodies were found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue aircraft at a South Florida ...
In Cincinnati, recreation center is a lifesaver from nation's Arctic blast
About 200 people, many homeless, are seeking daytime shelter at Over-The-Rhine Recreation Center in Cincinnati as ...
Black coaches have shot at college football title a generation after that milestone was hit in hoops
John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984, the first of four Black coaches to win it all. Carolyn Peck and her ...
US shifts more than $100M in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon to bolster ceasefire
The Biden administration in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to ...