SnoCo Sheriff Cold Case detectives ID two victims after more than 40 years
(Alice Williams photo courtesy Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office) The victims in two cold cases have been identified, with detectives using genetic genealogy to help families find some closure. Since 2005, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Cold Case team
Trump’s ‘heated’ call with Pence on Jan. 6 revealed in new photos, testimony
White House(WASHINGTON) — New details and never-before-seen photographs have emerged about the “heated” phone call between President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021.
The information came out in the House sele…
Justice Sotomayor gives pep talk to progressives while praising Clarence Thomas
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a rare public appearance during the frenzied crush of Supreme Court opinion season, delivered public praise of her colleague Justice Clarence Thomas and gave a pep talk to progres…
‘Leave No Trace’ Hulu film examines downfall of the Boy Scouts of America
ABC(NEW YORK) — For more than a century, the Boy Scouts of America was a powerful institution aimed at empowering young people to make “ethical and moral choices.” But repeated lawsuits over sex abuse claims scouts say they suffered in scouting and th…
Florida’s decision not to preorder vaccines for young children will create access issues: White House
KoldoyChris/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida was the first state to advise against vaccinating healthy kids for COVID-19.
Florida was the only state in the U.S. that didn’t preorder any COVID-19 vaccines for young children, federal officials …
Families waiting for word on 2 Americans missing in Ukraine
Drueke family | Joy Black(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama, Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian military against Russia, but haven’t been heard from in days.
Family members are desperately…
Pill bottles recalled over failure to meet child safety standards
REKINC1980/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday the recall of more than 407,000 over-the-counter pill bottles, citing the products do not meet the child resistance packaging required by the Poison Preventi…
Researchers are studying long COVID in kids — here’s what they know so far
Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(Brunswick, N.J.) — While children were initially thought to be spared from the worst of SARS-CoV-2, more than two years later, long COVID clinics are full of pediatric patients, with…
Southern border sees largest number of migrants ever encountered by CBP
Mario Tama/Staff/Getty Images(EL PASO, Texas) — The U.S. saw the largest number of migrants arrested or encountered along the southern border since Customs and Border Protection began counting numbers of migrants encountered since the year 2000, stati…
As Jan. 6 committee debates criminal referral for Trump, experts weigh pros and cons
Drew Angerer/Staff/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Members of the House select committee appeared divided this week on whether they should make a criminal referral against former President Donald Trump at the conclusion of their investigation, with Chairma…