Thousands without power as high winds hit Seattle area
About 13,500 Puget Sound Energy customers are without power Wednesday afternoon as high winds march into Western Washington.
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Samsung expected to post lowest quarterly profit in years due to memory chip ‘market carnage’
Samsung’s profit could nosedive in the fourth quarter as memory prices have plunged sharply amid a lack of demand.
Times Square knife attack suspect wanted to kill uniformed officers and ‘carry out jihad,’ prosecutors say
19-year-old suspect allegedly yelled ‘Allahu akbar’ before charging at NYPD officers several blocks from New Year’s Eve celebrations
EXPLAINER: Benedict’s funeral to be simple, but with pomp
Pope Benedict XVI held one of the world’s highest-profile positions but in his final years expressed a desire to be “hidden to the world.”.
Why are energy prices so high? Some experts blame deregulation
On average, residents in deregulated markets pay $40 more per month than those in states that let individual utilities control most or all of the grid.
Health care: Profit-making sickness
I am writing to second the Op-Ed written by Abe Bergman concerning our so-called health care “system” [“Our fraying health care system is reaching a breaking point,” Jan. 2, Opinion]. I am one of those primary care physicians who retired at age 66, par…
Bolivia: Spanish, Chilean lawmakers meddled in local affairs
A Spanish lawmaker says he was formally kicked out of Bolivia as he was getting ready to leave the South American country after he visited to demand the release of opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho.
American tech is helping guide Russia’s explosive drones into Ukraine
A CBS News investigation has found that satellite guidance chips from multiple American companies are still “going indirectly to Russia” and being used in the killer drones.
Russia’s hypersonic missile-armed ship to patrol global seas
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