Re: “Proposed bill could give WA counties more control over wolf management” [Feb. 5, Local News]: Legislators should vote “no” on House Bill 1698. While it seems a practical approach to reduce wolf-recovery conflict by “providing flexibility for the D…
Chinese military confirms snub of U.S. Defense Secretary Austin’s call over balloon
China’s Defense Ministry acknowledged Thursday it refused to accept a phone call from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin following the shootdown of a surveillance balloon over the Atlantic last week.
The US DOT says it is investigating Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens, after an alert from an animal welfare advocacy group (Rachael Levy/Reuters)
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The US DOT says it is investigating Neuralink over the potentially illegal movement of hazardous pathogens, after an alert from an animal welfare advocacy group — The U.S. Department of Transportation said on…
Call China’s crackdown on ship finance what it is: a purge
China’s ongoing investigation of ship finance is partly political, and observers should be careful about assuming financial misdeeds
Great Eastern keeping tankers in spot market on double the money
Managing director Bharat Sheth says policy of keeping capacity open has paid off
Death with Dignity: Do not remove safeguards
Re: “WA’s ‘Death with Dignity’ law failed my wife” [Jan. 13, Opinion]: Too often life ends not how we hope or want it to. Peter Haley’s account of the death of his wife is one of those situations, and one cannot help but feel for him, his wife and fami…
Cavaliers not expecting buyout with veteran Kevin Love
Cleveland Cavaliers president of basketball operations Koby Altman says he has not discussed a contract buyout with forward Kevin Love, who was recently dropped from the team’s playing rotation.
Turkey earthquake sparks risk of diseases spreading like ‘wildfire’ with millions at risk
EXCLUSIVE Turkey and Syria’s devasting earthquake has put millions of people at risk of waterborne diseases, according to UNICEF.
Prosecutors won’t charge Wisconsin ex-senator in fatal crash
Prosecutors have decided not to charge a former Wisconsin state senator who was involved in a car crash that left a Pennsylvania woman and her 5-year-old daughter dead.