Safety audit, planned student walkout among reactions to Ingraham HS fatal shooting
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brent Jones, right, listens as School Board Student Member Luna Crone-Baron shares her reaction to the student fatality at Ingraham High. Jones is ordering a districtwide safety & security audit, while students
‘The Office’ vet Rainn Wilson changes his name to advocate for the environment
Good Morning AmericaWhile it’s arguable his given name was already halfway there, The Office veteran Rainn Wilson is using his very name to advocate for Mother Nature.
The actor explains that as “a cheap little stunt,” he’s adopted the moniker Rainnfa…
Families of imprisoned activists urge more pressure on Egypt during COP27
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(LONDON) — Family members of activists imprisoned in Egypt called on the United States and British governments to exert more pressure on Cairo to free their loved ones before the COP27 climate summit began in the Red Sea res…
Prostate cancer screening guidelines may fail to address racial disparity: Study
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Relaxed PSA screening guidelines may be leading to more late-stage cancer diagnoses, and the current recommendations updated to address this concern might preferentially serve white men, a new study suggests.
One…
Local man’s “Cheetos Tomb” goes viral
(KITSAP COUNTY) A new tomb has been placed on the Olympic Peninsula, created by hand by a local artist. The artist, who goes by the pseudonym Sunday Nobody, says its fun overcoming challenges and solving problems. And
More interactions between humans and polar bears are likely as sea ice melts due to climate change, scientists say
Patrick J. Endres/Getty ImagesAs scientists anticipate another unintended consequence of climate change that could pose a threat to both humans and wildlife, they are finding ways to use technology to combat those threats.
Global warming continues to …
Local hospital reports rise in COVID admissions
(BELLINGHAM) For months we have been warned of another wave of COVID infections by early winter. Now, we may be seeing the first signs of this wave. Overall, Washington’s COVID numbers on the CDC chart look good.
Paxlovid rebound more common than initially thought, doctors say
Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Six months ago, Dr. Joseph Boselli said he was prescribing the antiviral drug Paxlovid to nearly everyone who turned up at his practice with COVID.
Now, the internal medici…
Day after shooting, SPD SWAT teams train near another school
photo courtesy of Pixabay user diegoparra (SEATTLE) Students at a Seattle elementary school witnessed a SWAT training from their playground – a day after another student was killed at a school less than 6 miles away. In
CDC investigates multistate listeria outbreak in deli meat, cheese
LauriPatterson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced an investigation into a listeria outbreak that has been reported in six different states and has infected 16 people.
At least 13 people have been hospita…