A 1,600-year-old coffin may shed light on Roman Britain
Discovered during an archaeological dig in Leeds, the lead-lined coffin contained the remains of an aristocratic woman who most likely lived in the fourth century.
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Washington State’s Charlisse Leger-Walker earns AP All-America honorable mention
Washington State junior Charlisse Leger-Walker became the second Cougar to earn a spot on the Associated Press All-America women’s basketball team as she earned an honorable-mention spot Wednesday. Jenni Ruff was an AP honorable mention after the 1995-…
North Korea launches missile ahead of South Korea-Japan summit
The third missile test this week comes as leaders of Japan and South Korea prepare to hold their first summit in years.
TikTok could face U.S. ban if Chinese owners don’t divest, company says
The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest themselves of their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.
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110 people arrested over poisoning of Iranian school girls
An MP on a government panel investigating the incidents said as many as 5000 students have complained of being sickened in 230 schools across 25 provinces.
Former Mexican presidential candidate sentenced to US prison
Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ex-governor of Tamaulipas, is accused of using $3.5m in bribes to buy property in the US.
Utah bans abortion clinics in wave of post-Roe restrictions
The new law mirrors developments in Republican strongholds throughout the U.S. since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision.
Two northbound lanes still closed after shooting, crash on I-5 in Kent
A person has life threatening injuries after a shooting and crash on Interstate 5 Wednesday evening in Kent. All northbound lanes were blocked.
Netanyahu rejects judicial compromise, deepening crisis
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has swiftly rejected a compromise proposal aimed at resolving a standoff over the future of the country’s legal system.